Originally Posted by
biscuit
Unbuntu, comes with an office clone that reads and saves documents in MS word, Excell and Powerpoint files, good accounting app gnucash, gimp photo editor which runs neck to neck with photoshop without the big bucks.
Ubuntu installs in 1/3 the time of installing any Windows OS, no OEM numbes required no reboots. And the best part no drivers to hunt down, when it comes to dial up modems make sure its hardware driven and not a soft modem. Linux does not support soft modems with out jumping through hoops.
I routinely load Ubuntu onto a hard drive using my fatest computer, yank the hard drive then install into another computer on the first boot all the drivers are found to match that PC's hardware configuration. Try that with Windows, you'll be making a telehpone call to verify your OEM number.
Biscuit, I am curious: are these computers you build with Ubuntu for sale to your "average" buyer of used desktops/laptops? I have the same concern as Mike about your average Joe know being able to find their way around Linux, but maybe things are different now than they were a few years ago. On one hand, more people now know about Linux. On the other hand, those people who might be more computer savvy may not be even interested in a desktop no matter how old it is: I read today that one of the things the "Facebook" generation apparently does not buy is desktops.
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