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Problem is with this is support, colleges still teach windows because they use the industry standard argument, if you start shipping Linux then your entire tech department will need training in fixing Linux problems, with windows it's simpler, click start, control panel etc, with Linux as you know it's not that simple, what window manager are you using, you need to be root for this, etc etc. I am currently doing a course on Linux with manpower it's looking at the shell, environment and there are lots of commands just to manipulate the history, People will want to phone tech support up and aslk questions and expect answers, as to why something does not work, Manufacturers won't ship os less pcs because of the piracy issue, however smaller shops may be able to do something like this, Paul Greg Dash wrote: > When machines start shipping with Vista I think PCs will jump up in > price due to the high price for the editions of Vista, Home Basic is > been shunned by some PC manufactures (Acer for one) and "Home Premium" > is more than XP Home was at ship date, I really do hope Dell or > another manufactures start shipping notebooks without an OS or with a > open source OS pre-installed (maybe Ubuntu or Suse) but as Linux is > still a "niche" market despite is rapid growth I think big > manufactures are happy to ship Vista/XP to you even if you end up > using the CD as a coaster. > -- http://www.zleap.net -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html