Linux for your taste (sorry Naw :D) (5 Viewers)

[JCK]

Actually, I beat him to it.

 

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[gray]

Wasn't that a different article? I remember reading something about Dell and Linux initially, but that kind of got cancelled or something? Anyway, I thought this was new news.

 

[JCK]

The articles have the same title as well.

 

[gray]

Oh really? I didn't bother checking, but I thought the first piece of news was that Dell would use Linux on their PCs, and the second article statest that Ubuntu would be the Linux OS of choice. Never mind

 

[Chxta]

No, of course not. They will just continue selling XP until the climate changes. Vista becomes decent or people decide they want to pay for crap. It doesn't mean they're dumping Windows, that would be crazy, their whole business is based on it.

What it means in practical terms is that as the first OEM they are saying f off Microsoft we'll decide what we're shipping. This is risky, because their income is based on MS' "subsidies", basically they both need each other.

If Dell decided to just sell linux they would lose a lot in sales, it's not worth it.

We are not interested in whether they sell just Ubuntu, we are interested in a level playing field. Ubuntu is a superior product when compared with Windows. It is now just a matter of time...

 

[Zé Tahir]

Ze, do you Ubuntu?

Not yet Hopefully in about 2 weeks.

 

[Chxta]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/02/dell_ubuntu_analysis/

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

OK, so lets say that i wanna reinstall Ubuntu, can i just copy my Home folder onto a UBS drive and replace it onto the new install and get back all my settings n preferences like teh old installation?

 

[gray]

OK, so lets say that i wanna reinstall Ubuntu, can i just copy my Home folder onto a UBS drive and replace it onto the new install and get back all my settings n preferences like teh old installation?

No, your home folder is mostly your personal files and stuff.

Your program settings and stuff will be in folders named after the programs e.g. .kopete .amarok

 

[Rami]

No, your home folder is mostly your personal files and stuff.

Your program settings and stuff will be in folders named after the programs e.g. .kopete .amarok

Actually it's true, These folders you are talking about are hidden folders that are in /home/user. So ya all your settings will migrated with you.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

yeah...that's what i had in mind.

but lets say, for ex. Opera, i transfer the .opera contents to my Home folder, and then install Opera....wont the installation overwrite the existing files? wont i lose the bookmarks n stuff?

 

[gray]

Oh right, those ARE in your home folder. My bad

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

do they include the applets on my panel, desktop settings....etc etc?

 

[Martin]

yeah...that's what i had in mind.

but lets say, for ex. Opera, i transfer the .opera contents to my Home folder, and then install Opera....wont the installation overwrite the existing files? wont i lose the bookmarks n stuff?

Unix was designed as a multi user system. The notion of administrator and user is a very well established distinction. Only the admin can install software. Equally, each user's settings is separate from the program installation itself (because that's the only way you can support multiple users of the same program). The user has no access to the installation path (/usr/and/so/on), while the program installation never touches /home. This way they are kept completely separate.

 

[JCK]

Unix was designed as a multi user system. The notion of administrator and user is a very well established distinction. Only the admin can install software. Equally, each user's settings is separate from the program installation itself (because that's the only way you can support multiple users of the same program). The user has no access to the installation path (/usr/and/so/on), while the program installation never touches /home. This way they are kept completely separate.

This is what makes the system superior. Or at least one of the reasons.

 

[Martin]

Good:

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9644921792.html

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Unix was designed as a multi user system. The notion of administrator and user is a very well established distinction. Only the admin can install software. Equally, each user's settings is separate from the program installation itself (because that's the only way you can support multiple users of the same program). The user has no access to the installation path (/usr/and/so/on), while the program installation never touches /home. This way they are kept completely separate.

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh....i get it now!

thanx!

 

[JCK]

Good:

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9644921792.html

Who would have thought Toshiba?

Coincidence: I was checking their Tecera and Portégé just a few minutes before you posted the article.
Observation: Toshiba has a red annoyance saying that they recommend Vista with its different version depending on the usage.

 

[Rami]

I would take such report with skepticism, I mean if Toshiba wants to enter the Linux market because of their competitors own the the XP market, why would they tip them off?

 

[Martin]

I would take such report with skepticism, I mean if Toshiba wants to enter the Linux market because of their competitors own the the XP market, why would they tip them off?

Might be trying to do what Dell did, get some customer response to the speculation.