Re: [MLUG] Dell To Offer Ubuntu

["Diana Hargus" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Miller" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: "MLUG Members" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MLUG] Dell To Offer Ubuntu


> On Tue, 1 May 2007, Diana Hargus wrote:
>
> > It would appear that it already has, kind of interesting read on the 
> > Dell/Ubuntu alliance.  From an earlier email from the folks at Linspire:
> >
> > Dell should offer Ubuntu, Fedora and OpenSUSE
> >
> > by Kevin Carmony
> >
> > May 1st, 2007
>
>
> I don't know who he is, but his ideas make sense to me.  I'd add one thing 
> to what he wrote:  Many "Linux enthusiasts" are the local computer guys 
> and gals who make recommendations and help people maintain their 
> computers.  If you can give the enthusiasts something they really like, 
> that is easy to maintain, they are likely to recommend it to others. This 
> is one way to move from the enthusiast market to the mainstream market. 
> Most people only care about a few programs and functions for their 
> computers.  We have to make those things work for free under Linux and 
> we're in.  What does that include?  Web browser, email client, word 
> processor, spreadsheet, what else?  We need for a few things to work such 
> as digital cameras and scanners.
>
> Mike


My camera has to be mounted from a script and never tried a scanner, but 
think
it would be about the same.
Could we add an OpenX library to take the place of DirectX?  If it were open
and could replace DirectX, games might be more easily ported and that is
where linux is really hurting, at least where I am looking at it from.  I 
can
make my SUSE laptop work with everything but the games now (not
counting the dead battery)  :(

Diana 


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