Gadgets & Tech – While the official announcement is still yet to come from Dell itself, sources all over the Internet have claimed that Dell is about to start officially offering Ubuntu Linux on selected Dell computers.
Fabienne: Dell has now confirmed that they will indeed offer Ubuntu as a choice for "consumer models" of their popular personal computer product lines.
2007-05-02 07:57:06
Competition is good. Microsoft shouldn't be able to foist a crappy OS on the public and say "Take it or leave it."
Vista clearly isn't ready for prime time.
And after being only what -- 3 years behind schedule? I can only imagine the panic over in redmond today. How are they going to respond to a computer that runs a better, FREE system? Besides, if you want that goofy animated desktop stuff you can run Beryl on Linux. (I don't think it's quite ready either..)
Actually, eyecandy is included in Ubuntu 7.04 (called compbiz) but is disabled by default in the downloaded version. This can be enabled in the System > Administration menu. It's initially disabled to prevent older computers from locking up after the initial reboot.
I run Ubuntu on my old 750 MHz Athlon with only 16MB graphics card, and it runs great without the eyecandy.
"In a world without fences, who needs GATES?"
Wow! Microsoft is really losing it. More and more people will soon realize that there are other solid alternatives to Windows.
Dell offering Ubuntu shipped with some models may encourage some skeptics to at least try it out. I wonder if any other manufacturers will follow. And if they do, I wonder if there will ever be a price tag put on Ubuntu.
I tried Ubuntu on one of my Macs and play with it on the weekends when I'm not working. I have to say, if OS X wasn't as solid as it is, I would switch to it.
There CANNOT be a price tag put on Ubuntu. The core of the Linux operating system was released under the GPL, which guarantees that the source code is freely available. They may start some deal where people pay up front for support for a period of time - like Red Hat has done - or they may bundle up some other non-GPL programs to sell with it. These seem unlikely as the entire POINT of Linux is to offer "free" software to the public. And, if Ubunto decides to start charging, you can always switch to Fedora Core or any of a number of alternatives.
Nobody has to buy vista unless they buy a new computer, xp is good enough. As for the alternatives macs are more expensive and requires new softwarel so there is a huge cause to switching to macs. As for linux, most people can barely use windows, there is no way they will learn to use linux.
I'm on a linux box now..it has a GUI and a choice of them--if you are used to running windows then KDE is very much akin. If you are a mac user then you launch Enlightenment--all from the same OS ! Linux supported all my hardware out of the box including my HP printer/scanner/copier , digital camera ,wireless nic card. My wife runs Ubuntu & I run Mandriva . Navigating a GUI is pretty much the same. Command line codes are a bit different. In windows you have "ipconfig" from a command prompt and in linux you have "ifconfig" from a console window. Yeah, people will have a hard time substituting one letter of a command here & there. I suppose once upon a time there was a school of thought that "people can barely program a VCR or digital clock , there is no way they will learn to use Windows 3.11" .
My research professor's group has used Dells running Red Hat Linux for years now.
I like the system, my only issue is that there are few or no games for it (good games, that is)
I already use Linux at work and if the gameing companies wake up I may switch over my home PC as well. Especially considering that going to Vista from XP or 2000 is a crapgrade, not a true upgrade.
I would LOVE to have an alternative to MS Windows (currently running XP which is ok, would not touch Vista, or IE7 for that matter, with a 10-foot pole). My big concern is that my computer and all the MS-based software is my livelihood, and I am worried that if I had Linux things would be incompatible and all my necessary stuff would not run correctly...
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Microsoft has become the auto industry of the 1970's. They have failed to give the customer what he wanted and the quality he deserved. Vista is just ridiculous!
Since Ubuntu is a free software comaparing to Vista, it's worth a download to see for yourself. It's worth a try. The bad news for me, I can't use it because I have tablet pc. Maybe they will come up with it soon.
Question How is Ubantu pronounced?
U-ban-tu You ban to?
Uba-n-tu youba in to ?
Like You-Boon-Two
Ubuntu (IPA pronunciation: /u'buntu/)
What does Ubuntu mean?
Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.
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