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:Ubuntu is Not Ready for Most, Even from Dell
Ubuntu is Not Ready for Most, Even from Dell
May 7, 2007, 23 :15 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (9729 reads)

(Other stories by Jonathan Schlaffer)

"Dell has seen fit to equip some of its laptop and desktop offerings with one of the most popular versions (also called distros) of Linux being Ubuntu. I have said many times before one of the biggest challenges for Linux is to make things easy to install and configure. I know plenty of people that think doing so is hard in Windows and for them it would be impossible in Linux.

"Andrew Kantor of USA Today says that 'Linux isn't just for geeks' but I beg to differ for one reason. Near the end of his post he talks about something that is completely alien to a Windows user, repositories and dependencies..."

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Just another dumbs**t blogger who thinks ...   Not worth the click   
Jude Nelson
May 7, 2007, 23:48:14
 
Earlier today I did a clean install of U ...   Would that be right?   
P Morton
May 8, 2007, 00:34:40
 
...I have said many times before one of  ...   Another day, another troll.   
Brandioch Conner
May 8, 2007, 00:44:52
 
"I build gaming systems from scratch so  ...   Gamers   
Sys_Admin
May 8, 2007, 00:48:59
 
How many people NON-COMPUTER people know ...   wrong wrong wrong   
alka trash
May 8, 2007, 07:04:01
 
Windows needs to get rid of things like  ...   Registry   
Don Whitbeck
May 8, 2007, 11:25:29
 
The registry?  Yeah, o.k, most users wou ...   talkacks missing the point   
microserf
May 8, 2007, 13:46:38
 
But you shouldn't let the facts get  ...   Re: Another day, another troll.   
Carlos Cesar
May 8, 2007, 15:25:42
 
...The registry? Yeah, o.k, most users w ...   re: talkacks missing the point   
Brandioch Conner
May 8, 2007, 18:23:07
 
 How many people NON-COMPUTER people kno ...   Re: wrong wrong wrong   
M. Miyojim
May 8, 2007, 19:51:39
 
> The point of the article is that users ...   Re: talkacks missing the point   
Rainer Weikusat
May 9, 2007, 07:24:10
 
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