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Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category

June 7th, 2008

Ubuntu: Worst Game Ever?

One of the biggest hurdles to open source software adoption is that it requires you not to be a moron. Unfortunately, too many people just don’t meet that requirement. Consider the following Amazon customer review of Ubuntu posted by Ernesto Granillo III of Riverside, California:
Tags: Ernesto Granillo III, Linux, Open Source, stupid, UbuntuShare This

By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments

August 16th, 2007

Sexy Ubuntu Girl

We can talk all we want about how Ubuntu is the most popular Linux flavor, about how Michael Dell uses it on his laptop, about how Google’s in-house “Goobuntu” blend could become the Google OS Microsoft so dreads. This photo of a sexy girl in a wet Ubuntu T-shirt, from Hungarian Ubuntu fans, is the […]

By Mike Abundo -- 5 comments

May 24th, 2007

Dell Ubuntu Units Arrive

It’s finally here. Later today, Dell will offer U.S customers three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. These systems will be available at www.dell.com/open by 4pm CST today. Starting price for the E520n desktop and the E1505n notebook is $599; the XPS 410n […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

May 6th, 2007

No Windows Emulation Bundled with Dell Ubuntu PCs

In yet another slap to Microsoft’s face, Dell won’t even include Windows emulation in Ubuntu machines.
Dell will not include open-source software such as Wine, which lets users run Windows programs on Linux, with the PCs it plans to bundle with Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu and its commercial sponsor Canonical, said May […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments

April 30th, 2007

Microsoft Employee Announces Switch to Linux

You know you’re screwed when your own employees advocate not using your products. One Microsoft employee announces his switch from Windows to Linux, for reasons almost spiritual in their profundity.
…there is another side to Microsoft. The side that has held my hand, shielded my eyes and who I allowed to slowly lead me down this […]

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

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