Re:Uphill battle (Score 1)

Well, the thing about China is, that I doubt there is any legal CD of Windows in use ... Let's face it where even Routers are copied (Cisco has a serious problem there) and you get stuff like Oracle Financials and SAP around the corner, why would someone even consider buying windows? I am living in Asia and tried to buy some original software. You would not believe how people looked at me. In some cities I could not even get an original ... Leave alone the ability to download ;-) That said, Linux has to get Kernel right. For new hardware it still can be some tweaking to get it going. All the HW Vendors (sound, wifi, graphic, etc.) have always Windows Drivers for new HW, but for Linux this is a different game. Following the discussion around the kernel development (ref their mailing list), there still seem to be some issues on the what a desktop kernel should do vs a server kernel. For the record: I UBUNTUed my brand new Company Laptop and still have WXP (original) on my private PC. I am planning to upgrade the PC to ubuntu. the reason i am slow is time and games. Cheers!MEE