* Posts by PBK

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Dell spills its Guts over Ubuntu gear

PBK
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relatively crap hardware

"The biggest gripe we hear about Dell's Ubuntu program is that the company will only offer the OS on relatively crap hardware."

I can go along with this. ...for now. Maybe Dell has hardware that is outdated per XP/Vista standards. ubuntu will operate relatively better than Windows on any given setup. If that's what it takes for Dell to offer it, so be it. Dell has to get it's feet wet, too.

Maybe after initial hardware is sold out, Dell will see more clearly how well ubuntu works, their support will gain further knowledge, users will start acclimating toward a superior product :-). Then Dell could migrate ubuntu offered hardware to a more mainstream setup.

I am one who is glad Dell is even offering ubuntu in any form. Sales will increase, I believe!