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News Dell goes after devs with Ubuntu-based Sputnik

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by brumgrunt, 8 May 2012.

  1. brumgrunt

    brumgrunt What's a Dremel?

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  2. bowman

    bowman Minimodder

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    That's nice.
     
  3. amdavies

    amdavies What's a Dremel?

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    So Dell sell you a laptop and a Windows licence. You then download a free OS to replace the one that you just spent money on ?
     
  4. Farting Bob

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    Hmm. So by that do they mean simply Ubuntu with the correct drivers all pre-installed, or a far more customised version?
     
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    No, you pretty much get Windows for free because it's filled with trials.
     
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    Nice! I'm happy for ubuntu being pushed that way. I think Ubuntu is finally getting to the point where it can be pushed into mainstream.
     
  7. Zurechial

    Zurechial Elitist

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    Junk. A developer would have to be a masochist to find working on a 1366x768 display appealing.
    And as others have said, what's the point in preinstalling Ubuntu as some kind of developer-friendly effort? It's not as though that's hard to do for even an end-user these days, nevermind a developer.
     
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