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Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

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Re: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

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Post by moylan »

sk5t wrote: post #10

My honest first thought: hasn't Ubuntu's share of the Linux market been dropping since their introduction of the universally-reviled, highly unintuitive Unity UI? I tried out 12.04 a couple months ago, tried to use it for a few weeks, and very enthusiastically retreated back to CentOS.

i hate unity. it's nothing but distracting eye candy. a non standard waste of resources. but i like ubuntu overall so at the mo i use xubuntu. suits all my needs without unity.

but ubuntu is still an organisation to support especially in terms of them helping produce hardware that will be 100% linux compatible no matter what distro i choose to run.

Re: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

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Post by joejohnson »

...when I talk with OEMs and others about Linux pre-loads, I commonly [sic] here a "significant percentage" of these Linux pre-loaded systems usually get wiped by their customers and replaced with pirated copies of Windows -- especially in the Asian markets, where customers are just going after the Linux PCs due to the lower sales cost.

Can anyone confirm this?

Re: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

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Post by josefonseca »

The latest Ubuntu desktop is absolutely stunningly beautiful. The first time I saw it couldn't tell if it was an improved Windows 8 or some new release of Mac OS X. The fact is I think this may have a shot with the masses.

If the latest rumors of EA being in talks with Ubuntu are true, then if massively successful games start appearing for the platform, it may well signify a turning point for desktop Linux.

Here's hoping widespread desktop Linux finally becomes a reality. Well deserved for the amazing work Ubuntu has put into it.

Re: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

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Post by sukuriant »

dsirijus wrote: post #7

What percentage of PCs ship with FreeDOS? And how's that indicator of the popularity of the FreeDOS system? Most of Ubuntu preinstalls won't even live to boot. A shame really.

Could you give me some stats? I wouldn't expect a population to go and spend a lot of money on a CD to install Windows onto a marginally cheaper machine

Re: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

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Post by dimmuborgir »

sk5t wrote: post #10

My honest first thought: hasn't Ubuntu's share of the Linux market been dropping since their introduction of the universally-reviled, highly unintuitive Unity UI? I tried out 12.04 a couple months ago, tried to use it for a few weeks, and very enthusiastically retreated back to CentOS.

Don't be fooled by DistroWatch stats. It means nothing.

Re: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

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Post by jrockway »

sukuriant wrote: post #16
dsirijus wrote: post #7

What percentage of PCs ship with FreeDOS? And how's that indicator of the popularity of the FreeDOS system? Most of Ubuntu preinstalls won't even live to boot. A shame really.

Could you give me some stats? I wouldn't expect a population to go and spend a lot of money on a CD to install Windows onto a marginally cheaper machine

My guess is that people will get their Windows install media from the same place they get their Blu-Ray rips.

Re: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs

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Post by konceptz »

Even if I have moved away from Ubuntu, if mass users adopt it, I will be happy. And I think they are doing a great job at purposefully" bloating" their platform to accommodate newbies.

The skills I have on Linux only become more valuable as the user base grows.

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