companies selling Ubuntu preinstalled?

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 13:02 +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote: 
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 00:06 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> >> On 05/23/2011 10:18 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> >> > I would think Germany would be crawling with dealers that offer SuSe
> >> > pre-installed. Then you could rip it out by the antlers and install
> >> > Ubuntu. :) Ric
> >>
> >> Why? They aren't using Unity.
> >
> > And? The point was to get a machine free of the Windows tax. If he finds
> > one for sale running SuSe, which is supposed to be popular in Germany,
> > he could buy that, THEN install Ubuntu ...so he can get Unity, if that
> > is what his little heart desires. :) Ric
> 
> 
> Thankfully Ubuntu 11.04 comes also with the Classic GNOME 2.32.1 UI
> too, so one can avoid Unity.
> 
> Regarding SUSE, my personal opinion is that although it was a good
> distro in the old times, now it has become bloated like Windows.

In North Carolina, the State uses SuSe on certain sites, I guess as a
throwback to the old Novell Network days? I was really surprised that
they weren't running Red Hat, being the second largest local company in
earnings in NC. I didn't think SuSe was half as good as Caldera, who
they replaced. A friend sent me a copy of the old Caldera, which I
installed and still runs like a top on an Old P-II. It's pitiful to see
Netscape Navigator try to update itself. Makes me feel sorry for it. :)
Ric


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