[ubuntu-uk] 'The One': new low-priced laptop with linux inside

[Gavin Ford]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 12:31:37AM +0000, Daniel Lamb wrote:
> No but seriously how can anyone have anything again linux? I really
> struggle with that.

The number one killer-app that I find stops people moving to Linux is games.

Almost everything else can be replaced.

MS Office to Open Office or Abiword/Gnumeric or KOffice
Photoshop to GIMP
Internet Explorer to Firefox or Konqueror
Outlook to Evolution or Thunderbird

But if he can't play the latest 'Total War' game, my firend Jack isn't going to
switch.

From the Mac side, my fiend Harvey isn't going to move from a Mac to Linux, as 
the hardware he uses in his work (sound engineer/music producer) needs trade
secrets laiden drivers available only for Win/Mac.

There is a case to be made for using any Desktop OS.

I use Linux as it's free/free, has all the tools I need and is rock solid 
reliable.  It's also comfortable and familiar to me, that counts for a lot.

When I'm on a Mac I have to install the GNU Core Utils and spend my time in a 
terminal window.  Mac OS X is an excellent OS, it's UNIX just like us.  The 
downside is it's not all free/free and requires crazy expensive, but very nice,
hardware to run.

Windows is for gamers, because games are for Windows.  I don't play computer 
games much so I don't have a Windows machine.  All my gaming is covered by 
Gnome Mahjongg and ScummVM.

  -Gav

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I think we need to:
    Bypass the pulsar field
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