Comment 1213 for bug 1

If you browse the Dell site, or at least the italian site, you find notebook
without an OS only on the "business section". For private users, all their
systems have Windows (I can miss something, but I browsed almost all their
models".

Latitude is one of those sold only to small business, but there's no linux
reference on their front page.. maybe searching inside a small business can
find more details.

Linux is not so common on the shops here, but there is a wide community the
same. I think that more or less 1% of our computers has linux installed.

In stores, 0% of the notebooks has it.

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Martin Wildam <email address hidden> wrote:

> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 14:02, Alex <email address hidden> wrote:
> > I had to buy a notebook with just one requirement: a flawless ubuntu
> > compatibility.
>
> You mean regarding hardware pieces built in?
> I also have a Dell and I told them before that I need full Linux
> compatibility - well and I got it (Dell Latitude E-5500).
>
>
> > I live in Italy, and 6 years after the filing of this
> > bug, I haven't found a way to match my requirement.
>
> I heard that in Italy Linux is widely used - however not in my near
> family (my wife is Italian) - they all use Windows.
>
> --
> Martin Wildam
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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> Status in Club Distro: Invalid
> Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid
> Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid
> Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid
> Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid
> Status in Tabuntu: Invalid
> Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid
> Status in Tv-Player: New
> Status in Ubuntu: In Progress
> Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid
> Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: In Progress
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid
> Status in “linux” package in Debian: Confirmed
> Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed
> Status in openSUSE: New
> 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.
>
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