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Walmart sells PC's preloaded with Linux? Whoa.
It's probably easier to install Linux yourself, rather than try and get someone to sell you a machine with it already loaded. If you're lucky, you can convince the retailer to omit the Microsoft tax, too. Most OEMs (manufacturers, i.e. Compaq, HP) have special contracts with Microsoft that say they can't sell a machine with any operating system except Windows pre-installed. This is Illegal, but the courts don't really care, because Microsoft has a lot of money.
It's probably easier to install Linux yourself, rather than try and get someone to sell you a machine with it already loaded. If you're lucky, you can convince the retailer to omit the Microsoft tax, too. Most OEMs (manufacturers, i.e. Compaq, HP) have special contracts with Microsoft that say they can't sell a machine with any operating system except Windows pre-installed. This is Illegal, but the courts don't really care, because Microsoft has a lot of money.
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Linux will also be available on the new Intel Macs.
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Dial-up acceleration is nothing but a marketing gimmick. All they do is pre-load webpages by automatically following links from the site you're on. The result being constant bandwidth use on your connection, which can potentially slow down downloads or other things you may be doing. There are also free utilities that do the very same thing, so I don't understand why anyone would pay for such a service.
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The only one that comes to mind right now is Google's. It's optimized more for broadband, but should work on dial-up connections as well. Of course, it's only for Windows, like most of Google's software. You'd think a company that built their entire operation on Linux would at least develop for it, heh.
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Wine, Cedega, Crossover Office are all linux-native applications. There are other "emulators" available, but they require you to install Windows and run it under Linux.
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You haven't been following the conversation in this thread, have you?
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Actually, IBM is a big supporter of Linux and Open Source. They are also currently defending Linux against the SCO Group in a United States Court of Law. (Yes that article is from 2003, it's when the suit was initially filed. The two are still battling each other in court, and IBM seems to be winning.)
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