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[Martin Wildam <mwildam@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 09:06, Bilal Akhtar <bilalakhtar96@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just visited a popular computer store here, and asked if they sell
> notebooks with linux preinstalled. They said "No, we don't support
> Linux. Linux damages the computer and voids the warranty.

I also got told this in a shop that Linux will harm the PC. Basically
it resulted in the fact that I was buying somewhere else. Bad for the
sales of the shop but I don't care of them when they don't care about
me.


> There is no
> GUI in Linux. Also no programs will work on it." I told them " You are
> living in 1995. Nowadays linux is no more CLI, but a GUI that is far
> better than Windoze's ****ing GUI. [...]

The best way of having somebody believe you is: Show them. Or better:
Pass them a CD. When I am at friends I just bring them a copy and tell
them that they can run it from the CD without installing anything. -
Sure it takes a long while to startup from the CD (you should tell
them that from HD it will boot within a minute).

Another good way: When I go to customers or have friends invited they
can see it running on my laptop. Best way is to be a living example.
If you have friends staying with you for a few days just create an
account for them on your PC.

I do not invest much time in "preaching" any more. I am the living
example and I don't give support any more for Windows for friends. If
they have a problem I tell them and leave them alone with their crap -
done. They will come back - maybe in a few years but who cares - the
slower and continuous success outweighs the quick and great success in
the long run. I am not in a hurry - currently without supporting
Windows on friends machines I have a lot more time for other things
(and yes, also a few less friends - those that kept me only because of
their support issues ;-) ).

-- 
Martin Wildam

-- 
Microsoft has a majority market share
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Bug description:
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.

Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

Steps to repeat:

1. Visit a local PC store.

What happens:
2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.

What should happen:
1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.