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Windows-Free PCs: IBM Returning To PC Business?
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After Dell, it's IBM to roll out Linux-powered PCs. The OS world is all set to generate more heat than global warming can.
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008:
Big blue has joined hands with Red Hat to offer Windows-free and Linux-based operating systems to Eastern European countries. According to reports, the company is in talks with some local software distributors to roll out Microsoft-less PCs for Russia and the eastern European market.
Dell has already taken a lead by offering Linux-based operating system, which is proving to be much user-friendly than Microsoft's Windows and much classy and glossy than Apple's Mac.
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Since there are many alternatives available with Linux OS, one can choose the best OS fulfilling his needs.
The recent announcement of KDE 4.0 and upcoming release of GNOME will further enhance the user experience. It's surprising that while the same visual effects demand at least 1GB of RAM for Windows Vista, much better 3D effects could run well on a 256 MB RAM, running Linux. Additionally, what IBM would provide isn't free Lotus Symphony suite with these Windows-less PCs, Open Source has OpenOffice.org and KOffice as better and free alternatives to Microsoft's expensive Office suite. While MS Office suite doesn't run on Linux, Linux community has made sure that most of its open source software run well on Windows machines.
IBM's announcement will strengthen the Linux penetration and will also provide the much-needed publicity to Linux OS. It is still to be seen when this policy will cross the border of eastern Europe and enter US and other markets. As per the reaction meted out to Dell's Ubuntu, Linux is coming in a big way on desktop platform.
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| IBM Screams Freedom -- From Microsoft!
http://digg.com/linux_unix/IBM_Screams_Freedom_From_Microsoft |
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| - Victor77, None, 3/5/2008 11:23:40 AM |
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