Hola Kylea RE: myth, banks force users to have "Windows" license" . In the U.S. and Canada NO bank forces anyone to have such a license. But NOTE the sites might say that you have to "use" IE$,6.7" Phone the bank and ask. Tell them that the security breach is so great that it's a danger to all. *This is well documented.* My bank, here in Mexico, "Bancomer" (30% owned by a Canadian Bank) runs ALL of it's secure systems on Linux, and access is by any "secure" browser, Note MS Explorer is NOT considered secure. RE: Lexmark printers, go to Lexmark downloads, they use four (4) different distros of Linux for drivers. The day of MS domination is over. Got a problem, type "ubuntu (problem)" in to Google, ie "ubuntu lexmark driver" IMHO dual boot is no longer needed. Personally, the only time I see "MS Windows" is when someone has a problem. Allengg
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 6:42 AM, kylea <ky...@itvss.com.au> wrote: > "kylea wrote on 2009-01-04: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/945 > A good install, well received by a cutting edge teen." > > "Next challenge is the wife - have installed Thunderbird and moved all > her mail stuff. Just need to check the printer works Lexmark" > > Good news wife has started using Kubuntu and I got the printer working - > following some good posts, took a bit of fiddling but its works great. > > SO why use MS Windows? - No reasons other than some sites sites (ATO and > St George Bank) taht force users to have a windows licence. > > Going to build a 32 bit Ubuntu laptop next see how it compares to 32bit > Kubuntu > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Club Distro: Confirmed > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed > Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid > Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ubuntu: In Progress > Status in "bum" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "casper" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "djplay" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "ubuntu-express" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid > Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in "linux" source package in Debian: Confirmed > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed > Status in Tilix Linux: New > > Bug description: > Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. > This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. > > Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, > restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and > limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, > globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. > > Steps to repeat: > > 1. Visit a local PC store. > > What happens: > 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software > pre-installed. > 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. > > What should happen: > 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like > Ubuntu. > 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and > benefits would be apparent and known by all. > 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. > -- http://picasaweb.google.com/allenggraham/Mazatlan# -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs