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If Dell would buy PCLinuxOS and make it the official Dell Linux distribution - and expand the package download system and make it a little better, they would have a Windows killer on their hands. PCLinuxOS is the most Windows-like distribution out there and it is awesome. It comes bundled with everything that you would expect and more, is pretty to look at, works extremely well, and is so Windows-like that Windows users will pick it up in no time at all. I'm looking at replacing the OS on a few of my home systems to PCLinuxOS2007 when the final release is made. I'm hoping that the next version of PCLinuxOS incorporates some copycat interface features to make it more like Vista in appearance. That would be truly awesome and draw in more users.
I ain't buying from Dell ever again. I just had a gawd awful experience with them charging and not delivering.
Get the countdown started!
Dell doesn't have a choice, some of the whitebook suppliers to Dell's retail competitors are now selling manufacturer branded notebooks at nearly the same pricepoint as Dell, with the Linux option, and generally slightly better hardware and tech support.
They're still not planning on actually shipping any systems with Linux pre-installed.
I think that's one reason Dell has waited so long. There are too many distro zealots out there who would be bitching up a storm because [insert obscure distro here] wasn't chosen.