Absolutely - it's a massive downside of the price of Linux to OEMs. They (and so possibly consumers could begin to) see it as "a cheap alternative to Windows".<br><br>I don't regard the Linpus Linux as a decent exhibition of what Linux can do either - I've left it on my Acer Aspire One, but now multi-boot with UNR, Jolicloud and Windows 7.<br>
<br>Jolicloud could broadly be defined as a software stack on top of the hardware that allows the user to reach the browser in a very friendly way. Despite having next to zero native applications, it still makes Linpus look like a crippled low-budget alternative to a grown-up's o/s, and I worry that this is a worrying first exposure that Joe Public gets to Linux!<br>
<br>Dan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 April 2011 13:04, Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Compared to the specs afforded to Microsoft devices, I think there's a<br>
real danger that Linux may well be being made to look to be 'too<br>
cheap' to the general public...<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<font color="#888888">Martin<br>
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