XPSP2 Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Newsflash just in: Dateline April 1, 2007 - Our ace reporter Danny Crane tells us Sir William Gates, long known for his altruism and charity, but also known for recognizing ways to make money when he sees them, has decided that he is going to relieve himself of the dinosaur that is Windows and invest in a rising up-and-coming Linux distro called PCLinuxOS. The brainchild of a genius who goes simply by the name of Texstar, PCLinuxOS has come into its own with the release of PCLinuxOS 2007. Having been in development for about four years PCLinuxOS has far surpassed the best efforts of Windows in its many-year history. It is rumored that Sir William is also engaged in talks with Warren Buffet to see if he wants in on the ground floor of what is almost certain to be the most successful computer operating system yet. We will have more for you as the story develops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted April 6, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 6, 2007 Oh come on. If your going to post something like that you have to at least post a link to where you got it. Probably would be a good idea because if Bill Gates did get behind it, he would throw a bazillion dollars at it to make it work on anything and be simple to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Oh come on. If your going to post something like that you have to at least post a link to where you got it.Probably would be a good idea because if Bill Gates did get behind it, he would throw a bazillion dollars at it to make it work on anything and be simple to use. Err, rridgely: "Dateline April 1, 2007" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted April 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 7, 2007 Err, rridgely: "Dateline April 1, 2007" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPSP2 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Sorry, I had to add a little humor to this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Here's a link to the announcement http://mag.mypclinuxos.com/html/Issues/200704/editorial.html fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted April 8, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 8, 2007 Here's a link to the announcement http://mag.mypclinuxos.com/html/Issues/200704/editorial.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmartigan Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Here's a link to the announcement http://mag.mypclinuxos.com/html/Issues/200704/editorial.html LOL...nice link. If your computer gets a virus, will the brew on tap be bitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 Not sure if you (and the others) missed it, the announcement was below the beer fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted April 10, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2007 rridgely, after the blood sweat and tears you put into this topic that was a deliciously cruel April 1 prank. xpsp2 you should be ashamed of yourself. Wish I'd thought of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted April 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 11, 2007 rridgely, after the blood sweat and tears you put into this topic that was a deliciously cruel April 1 prank. xpsp2 you should be ashamed of yourself. Wish I'd thought of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPSP2 Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Now this is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted April 16, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2007 Now this is cool. Its a cool monitor thats for sure. If its not fake then it probably cost a ton. How practical it would be I'm not sure. When is the last time you saw someone using them stupid tablet pcs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajoe Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 I'm just glad that the guy wasn't singing. He sure can't whistle very well. Probably tone deaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted April 16, 2007 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2007 Now this is cool. Yep, it looks cool, but I think I'd get bored with that fairly quickly, and can you imagine how your arms would ache! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 can you imagine how your arms would ache! Thats exactly what I was thinking when I watched it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPSP2 Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Thats exactly what I was thinking when I watched it I guess you didn't notice he used a mouse as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I guess you didn't notice he used a mouse as well. Then why bother with the touch screen at all if you have to use the mouse as well (didn't watch long enough to see that, was yet another Linux gimmick video as far as I was concerned). Pretty impressive technically, but pretty pointless practically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajoe Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Could this be the beginning of a major turnaround for LinuX? By that I mean that I am wondering if this could eventually lead to Linux eventually becoming a major competitor. I just can't imagine a company like Dell putting Ubuntu on their PCs if they aren't performing properly. I guess that time will tell. Dell Embraces Ubuntu Linux Dell will preinstall Ubuntu Linux on some of its desktop PCs; details to be announced. http://www.pcworld.com/article/131426-1/ar...ml?tk=nl_dnxnws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted May 1, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2007 Could this be the beginning of a major turnaround for LinuX? By that I mean that I am wondering if this could eventually lead to Linux eventually becoming a major competitor. I just can't imagine a company like Dell putting Ubuntu on their PCs if they aren't performing properly. I guess that time will tell. Dell Embraces Ubuntu Linux Dell will preinstall Ubuntu Linux on some of its desktop PCs; details to be announced. http://www.pcworld.com/article/131426-1/ar...ml?tk=nl_dnxnws Over the past few months dell has been putting out articles like this. I'll believe it when I see it. The computers are going to probably cost more than the windows ones. Its probably still better to just get a windows machine and then put on linux if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted May 1, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2007 Oh and if anyone is wondering why they will cost more look here: http://www.dell.com/content/products/featu...&redirect=1 Its the same exact computers as their linux ones but they cost more. Why is that? Because they don't load them up with all of that junk promotional software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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