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Dell and linux keep expanding

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Jackiebrown
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Dell and linux keep expanding

#1 Post by Jackiebrown »

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7159701171.html

Kind of make me happy and sad. It stops feeling unique when more and more people use it.

But non-selfishly, I think this is a good thing.

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#2 Post by BioTube »

But it's Ubuntu! [/sarcasm] You have to start somewhere. Debian should be included sooner or later.
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#3 Post by jml »

I think that it was inevitable that a commercially supported Linux would be Dell's first choice. It was the only way they had any hope of offering their customers software support, albeit for a price. At least they chose a Debian based distro and not an RPM based one like Red Hat, or SUSE.

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#4 Post by BioTube »

Do Red Hat and Novell even sell support for Fedora Core and OpenSUSE? AFAIK, the only other commercially-supported desktop-targeted distro is Linspire - and that requires a subscription to update.
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#5 Post by jml »

BioTube, Redhat and Novell do not support their free distro. They only support their commercial products. Cannonical is a bit different. They do not have a separate commercial product. They state that they will not offer two tiers of product, they will offer paid for support for individuals who need it.

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