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To: Knitebane
According to distrowatch.com the number one downloaded distro is Ubuntu

Really?  That is surprising.  I have used Ubuntu and like it.  I would have assumed SuSe was downloaded more.  Thanks for the info.

Just out of curiosity, do you know which PC's have Linux pre-installed?  I have a brother who wants to work with Linux and is in the market for a new PC.  He's a total MS guy but wants to check out other options.

6 posted on 09/22/2006 9:00:37 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: softwarecreator
Just out of curiosity, do you know which PC's have Linux pre-installed?

Due to Microsoft's hammerlock on OEMs, almost none. Some mom-and-pop computer shops will sell you a PC with Linux on it. Wal-mart has a PC preloaded with Mandriva.

I've heard that you can get a Lenovo laptop pre-loaded and Emperor Linux sells laptops with Linux.

Best bet for your brother is to install something like VMWare and run Linux inside of it.

7 posted on 09/22/2006 9:07:16 PM PDT by Knitebane (Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
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