Hello guys, Well, this is dangerous since this will ruin Linux reputation and will make people avoid it more and more, and since this is something made by the ministry of Communication and Technology (who are partners with Microsoft) I think that this might be planned (lets leave my conspiracy theory away - you can ignore it) but I think we need some help here, Mousa Nassar (ITU - LUG coordinator) is there anything ITU can do regarding this?
On Jan 7, 2008 2:36 PM, Abdel Ra'ouf Badawi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Guys, > > Sorry for saying that, but don't get so exited!!! > > I don't know if you know that already, but lots of computer manufacturers > nowadays ship PCs and laptops accompanied with some sort of a Linux distro, > this include big names like HP, Fujitsu Siemens, Acer, etc... . Usually the > company will ship a Linux CD / DVD with the machine but will not pre-install > it " or guaranty that its compatible with the hardware", I've seen some PCs > and laptops that come with Fedora Core, FreeDOS, or an Acer custom made > distro called Linpus, I my self got my Acer TM laptop "which I bought 2 > years ago from a computer shop at gardens " pre-installed with Linpus but > this Linpus is useless, it can not do any thing even in run level 3, looks > like a very reduced Linux distro that is able to start up and shutdown only! > on the other hand the laptop came with a CD containing all its M$ Window$ > drivers !! > This is not a way with which computer manufacturers support Linux and free > software, this is only a way that enables them to sell cheaper hardware > without paying or forcing their customers to pay the M$ tax, of course for > an average consumer "especially in this part of the world" the destination > for the this shipped Linux CD / DVD is the trash can, and the destiny of the > computer will be the installation with a pirated M$ OS. > The only hardware vendor that support Linux on it's desktops and laptops > that I know of is Dell, they signed a deal with Canonical, and they now ship > desktops and laptops pre-installed with ubuntu 7.10, there is an option > when buying these machines that you can buy also a 1 year system support > directly from Canonical, but for a price that no body in the Linux > community will be willing to pay ( $125 for basic support, $275 for standard > !!) > > Salaam, > > Abed > > On 1/7/08, Jad madi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > اعتذر عن المشاركه لكوني خارج البلاد > > > > > > On 07/01/2008, Loai Farajallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > يا جماعة خلونا في الموضوع > > > ماذا قررتم بشأن الاجتماع؟ > > > يجب أن نتحرك بسرعة لأن التسجيل بدأ أمس > > > وربما توزع الأجهزة الأسبوع القادم > > > علينا القيام بجهد متواز ٍ مجموعة لتحضير المنشورات, وأخرى للاتصال > > بالجهات > > > المختصة > > > وأنا مع المجموعة الأولى > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 07/01/2008, Jad madi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Internationally Thinkpad R61 usually shipped with Suse > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Kind regards, > > Abed > > > > -- Khamis Siksek http://saksoook.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
