Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Dell to offer Ubuntu Linux pre-installed


Why is it a big deal? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at Desktoplinux.com explains:

What Dell's desktop Linux move means
[...] Dell also is saying something else that's equally important about the desktop world. It's saying, for the first time in more than a decade, that standard x86 PC users have a choice. For the first time since OS/2 mattered, users have a choice again. No more are users stuck with Windows. No more are they forced to pay the Microsoft tax.

Even users who never intend on using Linux should be glad to see Microsoft's iron hand finally lifted, albeit just an inch. Just as the arrival of Firefox forced Microsoft to improve Internet Explorer, the arrival of Linux on a mainstream desktop will force Microsoft to make significant, rather than cosmetic, improvements to its own operating systems. [...]

Ultimately more choices benefit everyone. This is good news.




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