[CoLoCo] Walmart Selling Ubuntu PC's

[Jim Hutchinson]

On 11/2/07, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> for personal computer.  At worst, it ~might~ indicate a very, very old
> Intel-based machine by IBM, but never should it specify Windows...)  If
> the current team lead doesn't ~want~ this fine piece of gear, I'm sure
> someone else will, but I think we should specify that it has to keep gOS
> as long as gOS is usable.  Heck, I'd put it in my folks' house, if
> nobody else would, just to gauge the average user's response to a
> Linux-based home PC.

It's okay, I was just joking.

I too don't get the PC definition. I notice that the PC world magazine
is about 95% about how to get rid of viruses and spyware in windows
and not once have I seen the only real solution to this problem
suggested - i.e. moving to Linux. It should be called Windows World
(like the sister magazine is called Mac World). We can all thank MS
for making computers cheap and easily available. We can also thank
them for creating a world where most people have no real understanding
of the tool they are using. Some don't even know they are running
windows...

Typical conversation:

Them: I'm having a problem with my computer.
Me: Which operating system are you running?
Them: It's a Dell.

Do'h