Re: Ubuntu download

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on 7/22/2007 8:16 AM, Erik Hemdal wrote:
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>> Message: 11
>> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:51:36 +0530
>> From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu download
>> To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>> Steve Searle wrote:
>>>> Around 12:48pm on Sunday, July 22, 2007 (UK time), Chris Jones scrawled:
>>>>
>>>>> On the contrary, it would be a more focused and useful resource if it 
>>>>> wasn't full of your useless drivel...
>>>> Seconded
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>     If you would look around Ubuntu has been trying with success some 
>>> things Fedora should do. They offer a live-cd for the desktop, server 
>>> and laptop. Fedora could do the same and should. 
>> Fedora already offers a live cd.
>>
>> Dell Computers was
>>> impressed. They offer Ubuntu, not Fedora or Red Hat on their computers.
>> Not true. RHEL has been offered in Dell systems for a very long time now.
>>
>> Rahul
>>
> Where, Rahul?  When I visit here:
> 
> http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=Linux&cat=prod
> 
> I'm met with two choices:  Ubuntu (on a system from Dell Home Systems --
> which is what I think Karl is referring to); or an n-series machine from
> Dell Small Business that comes ready for you to install an OS from
> somewhere else.  The n-series machines come with FreeDOS, so the machine
> can be booted for testing, with the explicit understanding that Dell
> will not provide software support.
> 
> When I talk to my Dell rep at work, there's no mention of RHEL for a
> desk PC on a consumer machine, although RHEL is definitely well
> supported on servers.  My experience has been that Dell is pretty
> undecided about what they will do with Linux, unfortunately.  Whether
> you can actually buy something with RHEL on it seems to change with the
> seasons -- again, not counting servers.
> 
> Do you know of a specific source at Dell where I could send money and
> get a laptop with RHEL4 on it?  


I have to ask the obvious question. Why would you want to run a server OS
on a laptop?


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  David

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