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Article #24Re: Should Motherboard makers bundle Linux CD with every shipment?
From: Pennywise
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:00
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:00
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DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote: >In message <9PNbk.21253$E41.2558@text.news.virginmedia.com> 7 ><website_has_email@www.enemygadgets.com> wrote: > >Of course there are. Well over 90% of every end user desktop is running >Windows. Even the ones that jumped to OSX still have Windows running >too. My best friend runs Ubuntu on his computer, but his wife has XP on her's as she needs it to work at home when I don't know if 90% is a low estimate, as most people anymore wouldn't know how to run a command with switches anyhow. >The biggest problem today is the blob of meat running the keyboard and >mouse, the one clicking "Allow" to install that "codec pack" to see an >upskirt shot of $TRASHYCELEBOFTHEHOUR. It is, and when they ask for help due to malware, they always forget to mention this happened after trying to watch an Xrated file :) To the OP's question, I can see most people installing XP just to google what the extra disk is all about :) -- Hail Mary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYy2p_0DVMU
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