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...I thought it only proper to talk about Ubuntu and linux in general. Well, not in general so much as
about Ubuntu. I've long wished for laptops to come with GNU/Linux pre-installed, and now, finally, I
just noticed Dell has that option.
Wooo-hooo!
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&l=en&cs=19
Originally posted by wormwoodMaybe in the next 40 years the open source community can build something that gets close to MSOffice?
and it only took 40 years to make unix (relatively) user friendly! 🙂
And just to pre-empt all you M$ bashers - no, neither StarOffice, nor OpenOffice will get close enough until they properly get Macros and VBA support down.
Originally posted by JigtieWhy would you want it pre-installed? Surely half the fun of being a linux dork is spending hours trying to figure out how to do the simplest of tasks... and the other half of the fun involves hitting yourself over the head with a brick?
...I thought it only proper to talk about Ubuntu and linux in general. Well, not in general so much as
about Ubuntu. I've long wished for laptops to come with GNU/Linux pre-installed, and now, finally, I
just noticed Dell has that option.
Wooo-hooo!
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&l=en&cs=19
Originally posted by hopscotchIn fact preinstalled is the choice for people who want a decent free operating system and not become a dork 😉
Why would you want it pre-installed? Surely half the fun of being a linux dork is spending hours trying to figure out how to do the simplest of tasks... and the other half of the fun involves hitting yourself over the head with a brick?
