Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

Dell is shipping a Latitude 110L with Mandriva Linux preinstalled,
intended for consumer/student use
<http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/17/1539212>,
<http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2564>.

Re: Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

T'was the Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:18:06 +1200 when I remembered Lawrence
D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> saying something like
this:

>Dell is shipping a Latitude 110L with Mandriva Linux preinstalled,
>intended for consumer/student use
><http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/17/1539212>,
><http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2564>.

I think things like this will go a long way towards increasing Linux's
desktop share.

Whatever happened to DSE selling boxes with Linux preinstalled?
--
Cheers,

Waylon Kenning.

Re: Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:18:06 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> Dell is shipping a Latitude 110L with Mandriva Linux preinstalled,
> intended for consumer/student use
> <http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/17/1539212>,
> <http://www.mandriva.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2564>.


Unfortunately Dell is still shipping Dimdoze.


Bling Bling

--
Windows is a bonfire, Linux is the sun. Linux only looks smaller if you lack
perspective.

Re: Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

T'was the Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:45:37 +1200 when I remembered
Bling-Bling <no@spam.com> saying something like this:

>Unfortunately Dell is still shipping Dimdoze.

Lets consider for a minute, I don't know, say consumer demand. If Dell
stopped shipping Windows, when say HP continued to, would Dell lose
market share by having less alternatives than their rivals? Of course.
Name me one big hardware supplier shipping Linux exclusively on the
desktop.
--
Cheers,

Waylon Kenning.

Re: Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

In article <sstpi1d78q3h8crbsnm6uvurkatooe5ojo@4ax.com>,
Waylon Kenning <use.the.reply.to.header@this.is.fake> wrote:

>Name me one big hardware supplier shipping Linux exclusively on the
>desktop.

Well, when I bought my Shuttle SB75G2 box, it came with a copy of
Mandrake 9.2 Discovery Edition in the box, but no Windows.

Re: Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

T'was the Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:02:24 +1200 when I remembered Lawrence
D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> saying something like
this:

>>Name me one big hardware supplier shipping Linux exclusively on the
>>desktop.
>
>Well, when I bought my Shuttle SB75G2 box, it came with a copy of
>Mandrake 9.2 Discovery Edition in the box, but no Windows.

When I bought a Chaintech mobo it came with Turbolinux, but that's not
exactly preinstalled is it?
--
Cheers,

Waylon Kenning.

Re: Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

In article <9dusi15evnfrvmjruc6terlium91v9etvc@4ax.com>,
Waylon Kenning <use.the.reply.to.header@this.is.fake> wrote:

>T'was the Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:02:24 +1200 when I remembered Lawrence
>D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> saying something like
>this:
>
>>>In article <sstpi1d78q3h8crbsnm6uvurkatooe5ojo@4ax.com>,
>>> Waylon Kenning <use.the.reply.to.header@this.is.fake> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Name me one big hardware supplier shipping Linux exclusively on the
>>>>desktop.
>>>
>>>Well, when I bought my Shuttle SB75G2 box, it came with a copy of
>>>Mandrake 9.2 Discovery Edition in the box, but no Windows.
>
>When I bought a Chaintech mobo it came with Turbolinux, but that's not
>exactly preinstalled is it?

Well, Waylon Kenning didn't say anything about "preinstalled"...

Re: Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

T'was the Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:44:44 +1200 when I remembered Lawrence
D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> saying something like
this:

>>>>>Name me one big hardware supplier shipping Linux exclusively on the
>>>>>desktop.
>>>>
>>>>Well, when I bought my Shuttle SB75G2 box, it came with a copy of
>>>>Mandrake 9.2 Discovery Edition in the box, but no Windows.
>>
>>When I bought a Chaintech mobo it came with Turbolinux, but that's not
>>exactly preinstalled is it?
>
>Well, Waylon Kenning didn't say anything about "preinstalled"...

When I said "shipping Linux exclusively on the desktop", having
software bundled with hardware isn't exactly "on the desktop" is it?
By desktop, I'm referring to a computer desktop, or the GUI that
people use on "desktop" computers, not specifically software on the
top of a desk or table.

Did you really not know what I meant?
--
Cheers,

Waylon Kenning.

Re: Dell Ships Linux Laptop
 

In article <kgcui1hfavrmpv1tqheo327avv47etu9fi@4ax.com>,
Waylon Kenning <use.the.reply.to.header@this.is.fake> wrote:

>T'was the Mon, 19 Sep 2005 21:44:44 +1200 when I remembered Lawrence
>D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> saying something like
>this:
>
>>>>>>Name me one big hardware supplier shipping Linux exclusively on the
>>>>>>desktop.
>>>>>
>>>>>Well, when I bought my Shuttle SB75G2 box, it came with a copy of
>>>>>Mandrake 9.2 Discovery Edition in the box, but no Windows.
>>>
>>>When I bought a Chaintech mobo it came with Turbolinux, but that's not
>>>exactly preinstalled is it?
>>
>>Well, Waylon Kenning didn't say anything about "preinstalled"...
>
>When I said "shipping Linux exclusively on the desktop", having
>software bundled with hardware isn't exactly "on the desktop" is it?

Why not? Both of us were referring to desktop machines.

>By desktop, I'm referring to a computer desktop, or the GUI that
>people use on "desktop" computers, not specifically software on the
>top of a desk or table.

Like KDE? That came as a standard part of the Mandrake install in my
case, no doubt something similar came with Turbolinux.