Can Linux beat XP in homes yet or NOT?

[Les Mikesell]

Srikanth Konjarla wrote:
> Interesting subject as always. To me, yes Linux beats XP/Vista etc. Last 
> time i have run windowZe for business was NT4 (i go to customers) since 
> then i have started running Linux on laptop (started with RH7.0, no dual 
> boot either).
> 
> But, for many out there it may not beat XP because there is no vendor 
> stands behind "Linux" to support. Also, Linux has become very general 
> term and i guess these days we gotta be specific about a Linux 
> distribution (F7, Ubuntu, SuSE etc). If there is a vendor who is ready 
> to pre install Linux (any distro) and extend it to full supportability 
> while providing all the drivers (video, wireless specifically) then it 
> can beat any OS (in my opinion OS X also).
> 
> The question, who is gonna do that.

Maybe these are US-only links, but they are to PCs with RedHat and 
Ubuntu factory installed.

http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/precn_n?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&redirect=1
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs


But, installing your own is trivial if the hardware is recognized by the 
installer.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com