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The whole juggernaut that is now Linux on Dell started as the brainchild of two core individuals, Barton George (Senior Principal Engineer) and Jared Dominguez (OS Architect and Linux Engineer).
It was their vision that began it all back in 2012. It was long hours, uncertain futures and sheer belief that people really did want Linux laptops that sustained them. Here is the untold story of how Dell gained the top spot in preinstalled Linux on laptops.
[...] This first attempt at Linux on laptops failed mainly because most non-technical users were blinded by the cheap price and didn't understand what they were actually buying.
[...] This time the duo had the right initial market. It was big, commercial web-scale operators and their developers who were crying out for a fully supported Linux laptop.
People who do technical work, like Linux. People who don't, don't.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @09:59PM (2 children)
Ubuntu is ready for you now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @10:23PM (1 child)
The April 2016 release disabled the Ubuntu Shopping Lens by default. [google.com]
It was something they tried and they responded to the negative feedback appropriately.
Get over it already.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by requerdanos on Saturday November 18 2017, @02:43AM
After fighting *for* it furiously for a time, they finally realized they were not going to get away with it and disabled it.
That's absolutely, completely false. Among other things, Canonical's Shuttleworth said at the time "Don’t trust us? Erm, we have root." and that this crap was necessary to make Ubuntu "World Class." Canonical has never, ever said anything then or since that indicates that they "get" that hijacking your local queries by default (rather than knowing, intentional opt-in) is wrong in any way--only argued incessantly that it was fine, not a problem, a desirous feature, etc. It was the least appropriate responses imaginable. As bad as no response other than "Get over it".
That would be exactly the wrong reaction. We already know that Canonical--and Shuttleworth personally--believe that spyware for profit is a good and noble thing and the only question in their minds is, how to do it and get away with it (not whether it's the right thing to do). "Never Forget" would be more appropriate, given Shuttlworth's rants about not getting his way.
The fact that they have thus far not found a way to get away with it does NOT mean that it's all good. Rather, it means, we know not to trust them and know that they have not changed any. at. all. They will spy on you for profit if they think of a way, and based on what they said at the time, they are doing plenty of thinking trying to come up with a way.
Please do not spread lies about them now being 'over it' just because they didn't get away with it. They aren't over it, and their potential users shouldn't be either--no one should use Ubuntu without making an intelligent decision with eyes wide open about Canonical's attitude on the matter.