John Usher wrote:
"Now we're all moving to Microsoft or Linux - but which 'Linux
distribution'? Dell recently said it would love to ship Linux PC's, but
will someone please tell it which 'flavour' to standardise upon? It gave up
on an earleir attempt for this reason - One version of Microsoft OS at a
time is hard enough to support, but multiple Linux distributions!"
Dell have recently announced they are selling PCs in the UK with Ubuntu
Linux pre-installed - I actually managed to find one for sale on their
website last night. They've been doing this for a few weeks in the US.
This might be the break-through required for widespread Linux take-up by
the general public.
Keith Patterson
Branch Network Manager
Branch Network Team
Chester Lane Library
Four Acre Lane
St Helens WA9 4DE
tel: (01744) 677448
fax: (01744) 677082
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