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[Dave Stroud <bigdavesr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just installed a new nvidia geforce video card on my system. When I
rebooted I got a blank screen. I searched the forums and found a solution
that fixed it  within a few hours. On the other hand, the last time I ran
Windows,I bought a new printer that sat unused and gathered dust for 3
months before I found a driver that would run it. Linux support is free and
windows charges for their support. Yes linux does have some problems, but
its free thats why there is more ditros.  Every one has diferent taste so
if you dont like one try another, they are free and support is free. Or pay
$250.00 for windows vista or 7 and support is not free and you are stuck
with it. On the other hand most of the problems in linux is caused because
vendors dont cooperate with their drivers, and linux and open source has to
come up with a way to work around it.They are doing a good job of it in
most cases. Ill stick with linux. I dont like unity either so I stick with
gnome.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 8:44 AM, vekotin <ve.kotin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Btw why don't ubuntu community demand free computers, so free hardware too?
> Why is it just that operanting system and software that are demanded to be
> free?
>
> Operating system and software is the sould of computers, so at least I
> think that they are more valuable product of good work than just
> hardware. I appreciate good work. I would even willing to pay for
> example 10 euros of ubuntu, so of really good ubuntu, if such would
> exist. Those licenses of Windows in preinstalled machines cost only
> 5-15% of the price of those ready to use computers. That isn't bad price
> at all of that all value.
>
> I think that instead of putting that all energy in developing Unity,
> canonical would had been wiser to develop better graphical interface for
> majority users, so for those "normal users" to cope with ubuntu.
> And to participate in projects that develop genome and kde. canonical got
> blind focusing so much, again, in something like unity, that doesn't give
> so much benefit after all - compared to the work with it. canonical forgot
> the users again and worshipped the product itself.
>
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> Title:
>  Microsoft has a majority market share
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Title:
  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.

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