Good point !! On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Srikrishna Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My laptop came with linpus and no X. > > Thats really great!!! And moreover atheros wi-fi was not working in linpus > either. > They could just have put any graphical version or atleast mention in their > website specifications for laptop. It just says Linux! Well, a click on > shipit would have given free CD. > If its windows, they'd write Genuine ...... and also provide a link to > microsoft. > Can't they write linux distro name and provide a link to that. Saves them > time to explain what is being provided. > > Laptop vendors supporting linux is just a matter of saying. Would they > ship Vista without half the things working? No. They'd even take time to > install their drivers on it. > > This behaviour is because Linux distros are still not seriously being > considered worthy for commercial market. > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed > Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed > Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in Source Package "bum" in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in Source Package "casper" in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in Source Package "djplay" in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in Source Package "firefox" in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in Source Package "ubuntu-express" in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid > Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in Source Package "linux" in Debian GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in Tilix Linux: New > > Bug description: > Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. > This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. > > Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, > restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and > limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, > globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. > > Steps to repeat: > > 1. Visit a local PC store. > > What happens: > 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software > pre-installed. > 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. > > What should happen: > 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like > Ubuntu. > 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and > benefits would be apparent and known by all. > 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. > -- http://picasaweb.google.com/allenggraham/Mazatlan ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14023617/unnamed -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
