Michael Dell runs Ubuntu?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Yousuf Khan
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Yousuf said:
Hmm, I wonder what implications this has?

"Hardware maker Michael Dell has abandoned Microsoft on his laptop and
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That part isn't an accurate characterization of the original story.
runs the free Linux operating system Ubuntu 7.04."
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=610
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"Of course, Mr. Dell also uses no fewer than four other high-end
systems. Each of these is running Windows."
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5149877302.html

The desktoplinux story was derived from the Dell website:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/biographies/en/msd_computers
Michael's Computers - What kind of computer does Michael Dell have? See
for yourself. These are the systems and peripherals Michael is using
right now. If you want to learn more about these products, or purchase
one of your own, visit the links.

The top home LT was the Feisty one.
 
ray said:
Apparently Linux on one of the five computers. So?
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This is likely the problem with getting news from a tabloid. Important
details magically get left out, which you only find out about after
reading the original article.
 
"(e-mail address removed)" illuminated the devils arse on Sat, 21 Apr 2007
22:07:10 GMT by typing:
Because the clunker is not Vista ready
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Heh.

Saying that though. Hasn't Michael decided to go back and "sort it
out"?

Perhaps we'll see Dell Laptops running Elive or Metisse before long.

I can certainly see Mr. Dell thinking that MS and their "take our OS
and install it on all your systems - or pay more you twat" as being a
bit of a "throw down the gauntlet".
 
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