opie999

Billy G. and his posse out at Microsquish are very unhappy campers.
Dell Set to Sell Ubuntu Linux

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Traderj

I guess, I'm not really sure why MS cares... this company clearly states they make money only on the back end with support related issues.. I can't see many mom and pops opting for Linux, most of the people that will ask for linux will be people that are comfortable doing their own support or they have a geek friend that will do it for them....

I am no MS lover but I've been hearing for about ten years now how linux is ready to take over the desktop and you and I both know that it will not happen in my life time... MS is just too deeply embedded... and there is so much work to do for developers to port all the major releases to nix.

Companies that have millions of dollars tied up in software that is industry specific that runs on windows are not likely to start paying all over again to port to nix..

There is a market for nix on the desktop for sure.. but I really do wonder how big it is.

I can't find a single trading platform that works on Linux.. and I'm not about to start running virtual Windows etc..etc... some things will likely NEVER be ported..

I have a Redhat box of all things and I enjoy using it, but it just can't do everything I need.

robin

There have been many stories of grandmas & grandpas having no problems with Ubuntu. My dad's pretty old and he's using Ubuntu with no problem in his office. It is difficult to define 'geek' nowadays, but I get the impression that being a 'geek' is generally a negative connotation. What do you all think? Children are being brought up around technology and in the near future I think everyone will be considered a 'geek'. Or will 'geek' lose or change it's meaning?

When people think Linux, they think 'unusable', 'not ready' . I would like that attitude to change. Linux has improved dramatically for the past few years. I say more so than each iteration of Windoze. After each version of Ubuntu, I eagerly look forward to the next. I say Ubuntu Linux is very usable. I love Ubuntu and would never go back to Windoze. So whether Ubuntu is ready for the general public or not, I'm not too sure about that actually. I say currently, Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, is pretty ready but still needs polish.

You are probably right in saying, "Linux will never take over the desktop" but I think Linux will be the cause (with the mac as well) of Windoze's decrease in market share even if it's a few percentage. I think that says quite a bit against a mega-corporation with a monopoly.

But hey, Mr. Dell thinks it's ready enough and is already selling these OS on his machines.


Very true.
No need to port, there are way better alternatives that are Linux native.
True true, how bout a mac instead? I'm also all for the Mac. Hehehe.

Linux may not be as crappy as you might think. How bout trying it out for yourself?

Get Ubuntu for yourself, it's FREE, shipping FREE too, https://shipit.ubuntu.com/myrequest

Kubuntu is another flavour of Ubuntu, different interface, FREE too.
https://shipit.kubuntu.org/myrequest

Linux is no longer something that only your lanky pimply geek friend with glasses can use. You forex geeks can use too! Hehehe.

Oh yeah, people get confused and think that Linux is one thing. There are MANY Distributions of Linux, there's Ubuntu, Red Hat, Fedora, Debian, Suse, Gentoo, and hundreds more. Each are different, and some more user-friendlier than other, and some considered not user-friendly at all.

Ubuntu is the one you should give a try. You can try Gentoo if you want.

Lancer

One year later, Ubuntu is looking much better and easier to use. I still wouldn't have granny use it, but it's on it's way to greater market penetration.

JoseLeon

Well, as you know you can use many trading platforms by web and they work with any operative system
But yes, the easier solution is emulating windows inside mac, linux, etc (in this case you need a good ram to go well: 2 gb or more).

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