The Ministry of Communication and Technology has nothing to do with this, you can buy these computers from any computer shop in Amman, I think they choose these computers because they are cheaper than their Window$ rivals, any idea about the total price for a PC?
On 1/7/08, Khamis Siksek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- Kind regards, Abed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
