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Hi I am Shazedur Rahim Joardar Ring from Bangladesh. In here the vendors
like hp and dell brings up the laptops with Ubuntu or OpenSuse pre-
installed but when it reaches to the peoples hand it got the distros
demolished by the IT support people of the retailers and fenestra
(synonym of MS ..) is loaded with some pirated software like photoshop,
maya etc. This is how bad it is going so far.

Since 2011 in here in Bangladesh, FOSS Bangladesh had organized 80+
events in the various universities, colleges and schools to aware the
next generation-the pupils about the freedom or liberation they need in
the digital world. We had also organized some "GNU/Linux installation
fest" to give real end user support. We had forums in local languages in
here in Bangladesh where the end users are getting online support in
using distros like Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, OpenSuse etc.

Approximately 500K peoples get noticed about their freedom, get the end
user support and began their fight for their freedom in the digital
world and makes sure it sustained since 2011.

Now a days pupils of various universities in here goes to the market
with pen drives with live distros and checkout the hardwares before
buying them, if those happily working with ubuntu or not!

This is how this Bug#1 is going to be fixed, someday near future. But we
shouldn't get relaxed of thinking that, the Fix will sustain forever. We
all need to raise our voice and make it loud to louder for our freedom.
Every day, Every second of it needs hard labour for being liberated. :)

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Clubdistro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in LibreOffice:
  New
Status in dylan.NET.Reflection:
  Invalid
Status in dylan.NET:
  Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview:
  Confirmed
Status in Ichthux:
  Invalid
Status in JAK LINUX:
  Invalid
Status in LibreOffice:
  In Progress
Status in Linux:
  New
Status in Linux Mint:
  In Progress
Status in The Linux OS Project:
  In Progress
Status in Neobot:
  New
Status in Novabot:
  New
Status in OpenOffice:
  In Progress
Status in Tabuntu:
  Invalid
Status in Tivion:
  Invalid
Status in Tv-Player:
  Invalid
Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team:
  In Progress
Status in Wine:
  Unknown
Status in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in Arch Linux:
  Confirmed
Status in Baltix:
  Confirmed
Status in Debian:
  In Progress
Status in Fedora:
  Confirmed
Status in Fluxbuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in openSUSE:
  In Progress
Status in Tilix:
  New

Bug description:
  See Mark's closure comment here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/1834
  ------

  Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC
  marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant
  to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is
  driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to
  all."

  "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world."
       * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy

  Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and
  concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into
  the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles
  innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious
  anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic
  practices.

  This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

  Steps to repeat:

      1. Visit a local PC store.
      2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software.

  What happens:

  Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-
  installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating
  system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be
  proprietary.

  What should happen:

  A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software.

       * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
       * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
       * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

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