Ubuntu does a Dell, and wants you to brainstorm (via Slashdot)with it on what features you want in it. It is a good idea, but to be really effective it has to attract people who are not being heard, or who are not on Linux, or who feel that Ubuntu is too geeky to be used. Otherwise it will have votes from the same old already-vocal slashdotters, diggers and the existing geeks. [Continue]
Numbers say that Ubuntu is the fastest growing Linux distribution. Ubuntu has hit the sweet spot of usability for the common man with functionality and freedom of Linux. But nothing better than another possible competitor adopting a part of you can indicate your popularity. [Continue]
Dell has launched Linux computers for the average consumer, as promised. They sport the latest Ubuntu 7.04 or Feisty Fawn version. My feeling is that they will sell fast and sell good, because The feature request, if you will, has come directly from the users Many Dell users buy the Dell machines and wipe off Windows with their Linux distributions. [Continue]
So, Dell is offering Ubuntu 7.04 or Feisty Fawn in response to the most popular request from their users. There will be many questions. Why Ubuntu? [Continue]
Yet another GNU/Linux distribution! gNewSense is a distribution derived from Ubuntu sans non-free or restricted packages. I am interested in treating Linux as a solution rather than an ideology mascot. [Continue]