Pre-Installed Linux: Chicken and Eggs EverywhereVocal end-users clamor for Linux-PCs. Vendors ask if the market will be big enough to be worthwhile. What happens next? While Dell and HP both more closer to offering pre-installed versions of Linux on their PC's, one Linux luminary says the Linux community can take some steps to ease the path. Ed Moltzen reports: "Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, responded to the groundswell of interest in pre-installed Linux on PCs by suggesting the Open Source community take it easier on computer makers who would try to give the people what they want." With Dell, in particular, facing slipping demand, a dramatic move here might be arriving very soon. Posted by Joe Caponi at 10:24 AM, March 15, 2007 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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