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- hipnerd, on 10/12/2007, -6/+139Read Dell's bio page more carefully:
At home: Dell Precision M90
Hardware:
* Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 Processor
* 4GB DDR2 667Mhz DRAM
* 17" WXGA+ Widescreen LCD
* 160GB 7200rpm SATA hard drive
* 8X DVD +/- RW optical drive
* NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 512MB
Software:
* Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
* VMWare Workstation 6 Beta
* OpenOffice.org 2.2
* Automatix2
* Firefox 2.0.0.3
* Evolution Groupware 2.10 - ryanmetcalf, on 10/12/2007, -2/+90@zachlutz
"Ubuntu is on one of 5 computers. Furthermore...who needs 5 computers?!?!"
Some of us have many computers (I for one, have 4 of my own) and yes, they all serve a purpose, granted mine aren't all new systems, because I can't afford them like Michael Dell, but some of us host our own sites, host our own game servers, etc....
1 out of 5 is still *using Ubuntu*. If Dell produced 1 out of 5 with Linux pre-loaded (they're on the way..), we'd be celebrating. - smeagel, on 10/12/2007, -11/+78Hey idiots, the excerpt is about the blogger, not Michael Dell. Dell never says he has or used to have a lenovo.
- jgc7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+46He probably installed it because it was easier than removing all of the preinstalled crapware that came with his machine.
- joel2600, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42it tells you Michael Dell does not use Vista.
- kettlechips, on 10/12/2007, -13/+51I'm the Queen of England.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+39http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/biographies/en/msd_computers?c=us&l=en&s=corp
Look at the software section for the first laptop. - martinvars, on 10/12/2007, -12/+45It is real. I am Martin Varsavsky, CEO of www.fon.com who wrote this article, and Michael Dell told me that he uses Ubuntu. Plus he says so in his bio at www.dell.com.
- fangorious, on 10/12/2007, -5/+37i'm not wearing pants
- NewChar, on 10/12/2007, -5/+31I'm the Queen of England and I'm not wearing pants.
- SirNoobius, on 10/12/2007, -25/+51he got a lenovo after the first five dells broke
- joel2600, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28hey martin, thanks for the article. it's really driving tons of traffic to my bio page.
ok, the internet sucks, lets go get plastered.
- michael dell - smeagel, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28RTFA. That excerpt is a blogger speaking not Dell.
- rmxz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25@bias: "His company used to sell Windows PC only,"
No, it hasn't for a long long long time (most of a decade).
From Michael Dell's 2000 LinuxWorld Keynote:
"Dell is now the No. 2 provider of Linux-based systems worldwide and the first major manufacturer to offer Linux across its full product line."
And quoting Michael Dell in 2003:
"We continue to offer Linux on the desktop and there is nothing else to say"
http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/66001/Michael_Dells_LinuxWorld_Keynote_speech_had_many_good_ideas
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/corporate/speeches/msd/2000_08_15_msd_linux.pdf
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/01/16/dude_youve_got_selective_amnesia/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+27I am citizen.
- xero69, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22Nice, none of his machines run VISTA. What does that tell you?
- greatblackowl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19@baba
But Ubuntu's free...
And some Dells are pretty cheap. Plus, from many close friends' experiences, the Dell Latitude line is pretty good. - SteveMax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14The poster just didn't specify this, so people who never RTFA get the wrong impression.
- haooken, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16"after a major crash of my Lenovo that left me without access to my data for five days"
Umm, Backup? I hear its a good thing to do. All the cool kids are doing it. - raldz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12what's the hype all about? it's common knowledge that smart guys uses Linux... Michael Dell is smart.. (I think..)
- DarkHorse667, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Run one of the leading computer companies in the world too and maybe we will find you a prize. What's that? You're a nobody. Too bad. There's always McDonalds toys.
- kraniac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Whatever, you guys. Why so negative? 1 out of 5 is still something. I think it's pretty cool. Who cares if he uses Automatix?
Any consideration at all is a good thing. - Raian, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16I am error
- eleventybillion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11RTFA guys....this isn't Mike's blog. It has a link to his profile on the Dell site.
- crazybrit, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Dell DJs are okay, actually.
- cenarta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Thanks for the correction, my fanboyism got the best of me there :)
The truth is that he uses both Windows and Linux, like a lot of people here at Digg. - thegsa, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15I am Batman
- auxplage, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14What's sad is if you look down at the bottom: Mr. Dell uses a "Dell Pocket DJ."
He must be smarter than that. - humperdeath, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Ubuntu! Wahoo! Digg digg digg and digg again
- toxickiwi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Nice to see... I use Ubuntu only on my Dell 600m... I must say the install of Ubuntu on my Dell was very easy, everything working straight from the setup.
I wonder when Dell will give a configuration option of Ubuntu? - objection, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14I am Spartacus.
- cenarta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7here is a direct link to the official Dell page:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/biographies/en/msd_computers?c=us&l=en&s=corp - aussieNickuss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@incubusnb
I'd hate to get your electricity bill in my letterbox every month. - postitnote, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6and I AM CANADIAN.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7And im putting dd-wrt on my fonera as we speak, thanks fon guy
- strabes, on 10/12/2007, -14/+19In Soviet Russia, Queen of England's pants... oh forget it
- phmfthacim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I always knew he was a bad ass dude
- Darcy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6It tells me that either; the site hasn't been updated since he moved to Vista, or he doesn't use Vista (OMG he must hate M$).
What does it tell you? - saturn5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That's why you pay more for a desktop/notebook with Linux (or no OS) than you do with Windows.
- robbyt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@coasters: if it's outdated, then why does he list feisty fawn as his current ubuntu version? (since you seem to be a windows fan, feisty fawn comes out of beta next week)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10More info on this would be nice! At least he seems decent for trying ubuntu
- donkz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4careface >8{
- captcanuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Because this is more than any one individual using it - no matter how "smart" they are.
This is a Market Signal. This is the president of a notorious Microsoft "co-marketer" *signalling* that he uses something OTHER than Microsoft. Dell the company has a harder time doing the same. This info was posted on the Direct 2 Dell blog and by the read of the article, e-mailed to some "seeders". They are about to move and combined with Feisty launching tomorrow, they might be keying off a 2 week or one month from now launch. - rypaintD, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Wait a minute...next week?
Isn't Feisty Fawn being released tomorrow? - LeeJunFan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Ubuntu is on one of 5 computers. Furthermore...who needs 5 computers?!?!"
Well if they are all Dell's then you need 5 of them to raise your chances that one of them will be working when you need to use a computer! :) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I am Bender, please insert girder
(can't beleive that wasn't said earlier) - generalloy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You don't need automatix for Feisty Fawn for most common things....Java (will soon be gpl'd), flash, codecs are very easily installed. Codecs ask you to install them if you play, say, a wmv file in totem.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That's diggSpam. Sorry, your submit wont gonna get as many diggs as this story have.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Just curious, why is that bad?
- AbsoluteMSTR, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Isn't ubuntu using the unstable version of debian to manage ubuntu. I tried debian and found it more stable then ubuntu. I liked debian, but it lacks keeping its packages up to date like wine and harder to find the need help. Ubuntu is a lot better to get help on how to do stuff compared to debian. I still not a 100% linux user but i switch between Fedora, Ubuntu, and Debian. Debian 4.0 is really nice... got to try Ubuntu 7 now...
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