[Nottingham] Dell supplying preloaded Ubuntu PCs... or not

Going It Alone reggaemaker at gmail.com
Sun Aug 8 16:20:24 UTC 2010


Apparently Dell is increasing its Linux offerings:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/16608/dell_expands_ubuntu_linux_desktop_offerings

On 8 August 2010 14:33, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
> On 24/07/10 14:01, Steve Caddy wrote:
>> I've just noticed this...
>>
>> <http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/07/24/0241204/Dell-Drops-Ubuntu-PCs-From-Its-Website>
>>
>> ...it can't be good news.
>
> Someone else has noticed the utter demise of Linux on Netbooks:
>
>
> Where did all the Linux netbooks go?
> http://www.happyassassin.net/2010/08/04/more-controversial-crap-or-where-did-all-the-linux-netbooks-go/
>
> "... cites numbers mainly drawn from 2008 and 2009, when Acer and Asus
> executives were on record as saying they were shipping 20% and “30
> percent to 40 percent” of systems, respectively, with Linux installed,
> and one analyst said that 32% of netbooks shipped in 2009 ran Linux, and
> predicted that the majority would run Linux by 2012."
>
>
> And now, there is only WinXP and Win7-starter.
>
> To my mind, very suspicious as to how Microsoft has gained such complete
> world domination...
>
>
> And should we be on the lookout for another seeking world domination in
> how Google appears to be scraping all the online information there is to
> be had about us all?
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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