Re: [SLUG] Hardware retailers supplying Linux preinatalled.

[DaZZa <dazza@nospam.zip.com.au>]

On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Jeff Waugh wrote:

> > Personally, I'd want it to avoid the microsoft tax.
> 
> Oh. See, I thought that was an assumed part of the conversation. ;)

For you and I, perhaps. But for the average joe blow who says "I don't
wanna run WindoZe - what alternatives are there?" - maybe not.

> Why can't a distro do the same? When I bring a computer into my house, I
> don't want it to give me infotising channels on my desktop. :)

I'm yet to see a distro which does that. Which one are you talking about?

> Until MS gets bundled with motherboards and cases, I'm in the clear. Of
> course, you can always pick up a Linux CD that way! :)

Again - a lot of people don't have the smarts to build their own PC's. You
and I do, yes - so, undoubtably, do a good percentage of people on SLUG -
but for someone who just wants to USE the computer?

No such luck.

So yes, I generally avoid the M$ tax by building my own PC's. But not
everyone is so lucky.

DaZZa

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