Sunnz | 15 Oct 19:23
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Dell & Gobuntu?

I don't know what people's view about this or if you have heard about Gobuntu...

But Gobuntu is like gNewSense, a distribution of Ubuntu without
non-free software, drivers, nor codecs. From what I have seen it
encourages free software in a ways, e.g. when you try to browse a
video on youtube, it promptly asks you to install Gnash.

Dell has been known to sell preinstalled Ubuntu computers for a while,
and many of us may know, Ubuntu is not the OS fsf/binaryfreedom
advocate as it contains non-free stuff.

But since Dell already supports Ubuntu, wouldn't suggesting them to
also provide hardware support to Gobuntu the next logical step?

Please tell me what you think. I have requested for Gobuntu at the
Dell Idea Storm web-site, if you like this idea, my request at their
web page can use some votes:
http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/74433/Support_Gobuntu_a_free_version_of_Ubuntu

Thanks!!
Sun.

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Matthew Flaschen | 16 Oct 09:05
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Re: Dell & Gobuntu?

Sunnz wrote:

> Please tell me what you think. I have requested for Gobuntu at the
> Dell Idea Storm web-site, if you like this idea, my request at their
> web page can use some votes:
> http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/74433/Support_Gobuntu_a_free_version_of_Ubuntu

I've commented and voted for it.

Matt Flaschen
Sunnz | 16 Oct 15:15
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Re: Dell & Gobuntu?

2007/10/16, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@...>:
> Sunnz wrote:
>
> > Please tell me what you think. I have requested for Gobuntu at the
> > Dell Idea Storm web-site, if you like this idea, my request at their
> > web page can use some votes:
> > http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/74433/Support_Gobuntu_a_free_version_of_Ubuntu
>
> I've commented and voted for it.
>
> Matt Flaschen
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Cool, thanks.

I am not on other free software advocacy list, so if anyone like the
idea please forward this to other list!! The idea really needs some
votes as there happens to be a group of people on Dell's site who
doesn't like the idea of freedom and voted against it!!
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Fred Okuma 大熊 | 18 Oct 03:11
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> a group of people on Dell's site who doesn't like the idea of freedom and voted against it!!

Are they succeeding in blocking my login, knowing my intention to 
promote your idea? ... No. Just kidding but my login silently ignored by 
  Dell. Hmmm.

Fred
Sunnz | 18 Oct 03:59
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Re: Dell & Gobuntu?

大熊,

Make sure that you log in at dellideastorm.com not ideastorm.com ...
as I had that problem before as well... otherwise I don't really know
why, maybe they do try to make it hard to promote ideas?

2007/10/18, Fred Okuma 大熊 <fred.k <at> ieee.org>:
> > a group of people on Dell's site who doesn't like the idea of freedom and voted against it!!
>
> Are they succeeding in blocking my login, knowing my intention to
> promote your idea? ... No. Just kidding but my login silently ignored by
>   Dell. Hmmm.
>
> Fred
>
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