On May 8, 3:14 pm, The Ghost In The Machine
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> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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> on Tue, 08 May 2007 17:42:55 +0100
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> > __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 08 May 2007 16:40 \__
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> >> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> >> <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> >> on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:20:41 +0100
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> >>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Monday 07 May 2007 17:27 \__
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> >>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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> >>>>> I wonder if they'll deliver it with the brown/orange theme or choose
> >>>>> something which more people perceive as 'enterprise level', whatever
> >>>>> that is.
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> >>>> Dunno about the Desktop, but here's the case:
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> >>>>http://media.slated.org/albums/userpics/Ubuntu_Dell_XPS.png
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> >>>http://schestowitz.com/Amusement/images/dell-linux.jpg
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> >> <strange voice> I see live penguins....</strange voice>
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> >> :-)
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> >> Interestingly, I *am* seeing Dell selling Novell SuSE Linux
> >> Enterprise Server, Red Hat software server packages, and
> >> Intel compilers for Linux, when searching Dell for "Linux".
> >> Unfortunately, the first thing I see when searching for
> >> "Linux notebooks" are ... laser printers? (Well, OK, so
> >> I could fill my notebooks with pages printed from these,
> >> so in a way, that might work...)
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> >> If I search for "Linux desktops", I get a Dell Precision
> >> 490 multi-core Intel Xeon unit with ... Genuine Windows
> >> Vista or XP? Choosing it eventually leads me to a config
> >> screen with a single choice for Operating System (Win XP
> >> Professional SP2 w/media) plus a "Help Me Choose" link
> >> which is a short blurb on why one needs an OS (short and
> >> sweet: to run application programs and provide support
> >> for managing/sharing data and peripherals), plus a mildly
> >> amusing suggestion that this particular unit offers Vista
> >> -- when it doesn't.
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> >> Hello, disconnect? Clue phone, line two.
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> >> (Depends on where I click, as well. Maybe they've got
> >> excess XP units. I clicked on the computer/monitor's
> >> picture, but one can also click on the big green "Customize
> >> with WinXP" or "Customize with WinVista" buttons.)
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> >> <voice mode="Desi">Lucy, you've got some 'splaining to do!</voice>
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> >> :-)
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> > Advertising is a funny topic. Just days ago:
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> > Dell To Fix Misleading Advertising Links
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> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | In some Google searches for Linux computers, Dell advertisements have
> > | cropped up in the advertising links, leading unsuspecting users to
> > | Windows-only computers at Dell's website. After initially being
> > | ignored, LXer finally gets a response from Dell.
> > `----
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> >http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/86591/index.html
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> Dell is *such* a tease, aren't they? :-) To be sure, I'd
> be satisfied with an OpenDesktop withFreeDOS, since I
> already have Linux-capable equipment -- just burn a Ubuntu
> or Gentoo and shove it in its face, and I'm good to go.
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> But a total n00b with his first-ever computer might be a
> little harder to set up -- though one might contemplate
> various scenarios, including burning CDs at an internet
> cafe, or just borrowing a friend's Ubuntu/Gentoo/Fedora
> disc for awhile.
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> I'll admit to some mild curiosity as to whetherFreeDOS
> has a usable CD-burner; my assays are not all that
> conclusive yet.
Therein lies the chicken-and-egg problem. It requires software to be
able to download and burn software to a CD-Rom.
Granted that many experienced computer users own multiple computers
and/or have access to computers at work. But a true n00b isn't likely
to have these resources available.
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