Regards from Kaliningrad, Russia That bug is being fixed here partially by now, see below.
Just to make sure, I visited some PC shops around and, to my surprise, found some computers with Ubuntu and few with FreeDOS (and, as consultant said, any linux distro from list could be installed for free). The fun is what some own Linux distro is used (AFAIK) by Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there is military Rosa linux (totally shitty from what I heard but still). If only we could make schools to teach students to use Linux systems instead, that would change the game. I estimate the prevalence of free software in education here as about 15-18%, maybe 25% based on what I see in university. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share Status in Clubdistro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in LibreOffice: New Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: Invalid Status in dylan.NET: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Confirmed Status in Ichthux: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in LibreOffice: In Progress Status in Linux: New Status in Linux Mint: In Progress Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress Status in Neobot: New Status in Novabot: New Status in OpenOffice: In Progress Status in ReactOS Core Operating System: Incomplete Status in Tabuntu: Invalid Status in Tivion: Invalid Status in Tv-Player: Invalid Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team: In Progress Status in Wine: Unknown Status in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in Arch Linux: Confirmed Status in Baltix: Confirmed Status in Debian: In Progress Status in Fedora: Confirmed Status in Fluxbuntu: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: In Progress Status in Tilix: New Bug description: See Mark's closure comment here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/1834 ------ Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to all." "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world." * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic practices. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. 2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software. What happens: Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre- installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary. What should happen: A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software. * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
