Comments on: The Year of the Linux Desktop

By: What’s a warranty worth? « Motho ke motho ka botho

What’s a warranty worth? « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:46:30 +0000

[...] Leave a Comment It’s been almost three years now since Mom went online and bought a laptop preinstalled with Ubuntu. That in and of itself was a momentous occasion, although the magnitude is an issue of [...]

By: Sad story, happy ending « Motho ke motho ka botho

Sad story, happy ending « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:19:16 +0000

[...] new Ubuntu-running Dell computer ran into a glitch, and the sound stopped working. This is the two-months-old Inspiron 1420n, preinstalled with Ubuntu 7.10, and quite a pretty machine [...]

By: A report from the revolution, one year on « Motho ke motho ka botho

A report from the revolution, one year on « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:47:38 +0000

[...] Published 2009/07/20 Hardware , Linux , Ubuntu Leave a Comment Over a year ago I took the initiative (and why not? everybody else already had) and proclaimed 2008 as the Year of the Linux Desktop. My [...]

By: The Year of the Linux Desktop: Photos from the revolution « Motho ke motho ka botho

Fri, 23 May 2008 23:14:11 +0000

[...] from the revolution Published May 24, 2008 Hardware , Linux , Ubuntu I told you a week or two ago that this was The Year of the Linux Desktop, and as proof I offered the fact that my mother — [...]

By: pogson

pogson — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:24:44 +0000

A year ago only HP was selling GNU/Linux desktops in the top 5 PC makers. Now 4 out of the 5 are doing it. GNU/Linux is the number 2 OS in the world, ahead of MacOS, if you look at IDC numbers and Apple’s 10Q at http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000119312508097759/d10q.htm . Look at global numbers, not the good old USA. In the real world, GNU/Linux is number 2 solidly and that other OS is declining.

Good post. I liked it.

By: justme

justme — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:32:56 +0000

Amen, brother !

By: Semidigerati

Semidigerati — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:27:36 +0000

I agree completely with you, K. Mandla. If my father can learn to rip his old home movies that he transfered to dvd, chop them up, and send them to friends, then it follows that ANYONE is capable of learning to love Ubuntu.

Linux ages like wine. Or cheese.

By: cubekid

cubekid — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:20:42 +0000

Hey, long time reader, first time poster!

I 120% agree with you. With ATI starting to open source their stuff and now VIA, it’s only a matter of time until Ubuntu is as much a household term as “iPod” is.

By: MONODA

MONODA — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:07:54 +0000

By: ignorante

ignorante — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:41:34 +0000

Yes, I recomend everyone to buy Dell’s with Ubuntu and not Windows. They are also cheaper! Congratulations to your mom. A friend’s mom bought one, but she chose it with Vista.