On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 23:21:01 +0530 Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder how many folks here have read the fine print in the latest > of Acer's "Sub 40k" notebook ads. They bundle Linux on them, and > mention at the bottom in small print, something like this: > > "The linux that is preloaded is a free version and would have > limited functionality until another operating system is installed". > > Is this another way for these hardware vendors to appease Microsoft > while trying to sell budget notebooks bundled with Linux? > my cousin studying at IIT bought one on bank loan yesterday from acer mall in NP. it had some linpus linux, kernel boots & ur just dropped into a root shell, with two partitions hda1 (linux) hda2 (windows). & there was no linpus CD to go with it! Karunakar -- ************************************* * Work: http://www.indlinux.org * * Blog: http://cartoonsoft.com/blog * ************************************* _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ Event: Freedel 2005, 17th & 18th September, 2005 - http://freedel.in
