On 2009-08-13, sf > wrote:

><laugh!> I sincerely doubt it... but maybe - now that Dell is
> offering Linux as an option. I'll probably need a new computer in a
> few months and if there is no system 7 available at Dell, I'll take
> Linux over Vista.

Even if they do offer sys7, take linux anyway. The belief that linux is too
hard or doesn't have all the goodies of Windows is a myth. If anything, it
has more. Multiple desktop environments, multiple office suites, multiple
interfaces like gui, command line, DIY scripts, etc. It's also more secure.
No malware, adware, spyware, etc. Best of all, it's FREE! No more spending
hundreds of dollars to buy 3rd party software to keep you Windows computer
free of all that malicious software.

Last, but certainly not least: No one controls your computer but YOU! No M$
imposed limitations. No MS permissions. No DRM. No iCrap licensing. No
3rd party software phoning home with info about your computer habits and
activities. With linux, it's YOUR computer, doing what YOU want it to, when
YOU want it to. It's called CONTROL, something Apple and Microsoft figures
is too important to be left to YOU. Screw 'em. Get linux. Get back in
control.

</advocacy rant over>

nb