Fwd: Ubuntu Laptop...

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Monday 08 January 2007 15:17, Rev Simon Rumble <simon at rumble.net> wrote:
> This is an area where Linux has definitely got a LOT better in recent
> years.  If you were to find a tame retailer who might let you boot to a
> live CD, you could check it out.  Or find a very busy Hardly Normal and
> do it while they're not looking, then buy from someone else ;)

Be careful when dealing with shop personnel regarding GNU/Linux support. One 
of the reasons given by some US shops for their lack on GNU/Linux support is 
that GNU/Linux users ask a lot of difficult questions which chew up the time 
of salespeople. Once their questions have been answered, the shoppers go and 
buy from some place cheaper.

I don't know how true this actually is, but it is an interesting theory.


-- 
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the 
country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the 
people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a 
parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...[V]oice or no voice, the people 
can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you 
have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists 
for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
			- Hermann Goering, 18 April 1946
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