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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Bla bla bla…
USER WITH HIS NEW UBUNTU DELL:
"my Windows software won't work, I'll send it back."
End of the story.
USER WITH HIS NEW UBUNTU DELL:
"my Windows software won't work, I'll send it back."
End of the story.
Read the article. Dell says the return rate of Ubuntu Linux machines is the same as the return rate of Windows machines.
Do all Windows users have reading comprehension troubles, or what?
What do Windows fanboys think this sentence means ... "Microsoft often claimed that netbooks running Linux saw higher return rates than those running Windows, but according to Dell, this is utter nonsense"
Sheesh!
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.
Read it again. Dell says that this is NOT the case.
I know Ubuntu, thank you for the screenshots, but that is not the point.
You are welcome.
There may however be a few people who are not familiar with Ubuntu, and who would be utterly astounded to see Ubuntu's "Add/Remove" applications ... given the eternally repeated FUD one hears from Windows fanboys that supposedly "linux has no software", or that supposedly "on linux it is hard to install software".
Double sheesh.
Edited 2009-08-13 11:24 UTC
Member since:2005-07-03
Read the article. Dell says the return rate of Ubuntu Linux machines is the same as the return rate of Windows machines.
Do all Windows users have reading comprehension troubles, or what?
Do all Windows users have reading comprehension troubles, or what?
I guess you're right about that, although I'd be skeptical about anything coming from Dell; in either case, I don't think you can compare return rate for Windows/Linux, because probably the former is way more popular. It's not fair to say, we sold 100 windows boxes and 10 linux. 10 Windows were returned, 1 linux was returned, hence the return rate is the same…
I don't think that proves anything, except maybe that 10% of Dell boxes are returned. (I made the numbers for the sake of the example).
There may however be a few people who are not familiar with Ubuntu, and who would be utterly astounded to see Ubuntu's "Add/Remove" applications ... given the eternally repeated FUD one hears from Windows fanboys that supposedly "linux has no software".
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Oh but you can see those everywhere. OS X doesn't have software either, does it?
Member since:2005-12-02
"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.
Read it again. Dell says that this is NOT the case. "
Actually what Dell said, if you read it, is that they are not being returned for technical reasons. A technical reason has nothing to do with whether the software they have runs on the machine or not. A technical reason would be "The modem is broken". We would have to ask Dell exactly why the netbooks are being returned to know. Since the Windows and Linux return rates are about the same, that would indicate hardware, which would be a technical issue.
How much does Canonical pay you anyway?
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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.