Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Aug 2009 23:00 UTC
I think we can finally put a certain myth to rest that's been circling around the web for a while now. Microsoft often claimed that netbooks running Linux saw higher return rates than those running Windows, but according to Dell, this is utter nonsense.
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2005-07-03
One doesn't have to go "repository hunting".
The Dell machines have Ubuntu installed. On the very top level "Applications" menu, there is an item called "Add/Remove". Like this.
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/images/installingsoftware01.png
It is quite difficult to miss, even for Windows ... errrrr ... users.
Add/Remove on the Applications menu ... I wonder what that could possibly mean ...
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware
Ewll blow me down (thinks the Windows user) ... thousands of applications ...
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/images/installingsoftware03.png
... searchable
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/images/installingsoftware04.png
... and all I need is an internet connection!
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/images/installingsoftware05.png
I don't eve need a browser, and its all free!
Bla bla bla…
USER WITH HIS NEW UBUNTU DELL:
"my Windows software won't work, I'll send it back."
End of the story.
This is not about Ubuntu or Linux in general not having software, it's about Windows users not being able to run their known software, and therefore, returning the computer.
I know Ubuntu, thank you for the screenshots, but that is not the point.