Ichthux

  1. Bug #1 (liberation)
  2. Comment #542

Comment 542 for bug 1

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Conrad Knauer (atheoi) wrote : Re: [Bug 1] Dell: one step forward, two steps back

"we concluded that customers always have the option of buying the systems and installing Ubuntu themselves, without those."

I can buy a computer from Dell with Windows on it and overwrite the HD with Ubuntu, but that's also sub-optimal.

Adobe's Flash plugin is gratis; AFAIK, LinDVD is not however. As it is bundled with Dell's Ubuntu systems, have we not just started trading the 'Microsoft tax' for a different 'proprietary software tax'? Is that really any better in the long-run?

Philosophically, how does this 'Dellbuntu' really differ from Linspire?

"Starting with the best that open source has to offer Linspire adds [...] proprietary software [...] and codecs"

http://www.linspire.com/products_linspire_whatis.php