United States : Dell unveils exclusive Microsoft-branded Ubuntu OS.Byline: Mamta03 Dell is currently flogging a cheap-as-chips netbook that apparently comes loaded with that well-known Microsoft operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , Ubuntu A popular Linux distribution that is noted for its ease of installation and use. Based on the Debian version of Linux and introduced in 2004, Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd., London and Montreal (www.canonical.com). 8.04. Anyone dropping in Dropping in is a skateboarding trick with which a skateboarder can start skating a half-pipe by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from the bottom and pumping gradually for more speed. on the computer maker's UK product website will be able to buy an Intel-based Inspiron Mini 10 laptop for [pounds sterling]199 a pop. And, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the blurb blurb n. A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket. [Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.] blurb v. on the site, one ickle mobile computer in its current range is being shipped with Microsoft's, er, Linux-flavoured OS. Shurely shome mishtake, we think. Dell gets knickers in twist with that penguin-waddling Microsoft OS, Ubuntu These days Dell, lcike many other big name computer vendors, has started to embrace the cuddly penguin by offering non-Windows laptops and PCs to its customers. Indeed, the company even gives its punters the chance to distinguish between Linux and Windows on this helpful web page before a purchase is made, where it clearly states: "UBUNTU is not a Microsoft Windows operating system." On this occasion though, we think Dell forgot to take its own advice. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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