I haven’t seen the video, but that title does not seem correct. Pretty sure it would be her choice to use Ubuntu that got her to drop out. I don’t believe Canonical/Ubuntu can force someone out of college.
If you don’t like me writing when I haven’t seen the video, then please post some TL;DW info, so we all know what’s going on without having to watch a youtube video.
Watched the first few seconds: non tech person buys a laptop with Linux instead of Windows without realizing, can’t install required software. Stupid story.
So I was right. She chose (maybe unknowingly) to run Ubuntu and dropped out because she couldn’t install the software required. Not Ubuntu’s fault at all.
Yep, pretty much.
If you watch to the end, the reason she can’t get to her online classes was because her ISP’s configuration CD was windows only.
So if we’re looking to find fault, it’s partly Dell for insisting everything would just work, partly Verizon for not having a good Linux process, and partly her for not just calling her ISP for tech support.
The same thing might have happened if she bought a Mac and needed some Windows only software.
Also worth adding, since this story was big many years ago, when the college was contacted they were fine with her laptop. They had no requirement that she use Wimdows.
Why couldnt she just install windows? Or use a virtual machine? How is her only option dropping out? It seems like she lacked even basic planning and problem solving skills and if it wasnt this that made her give up it would’ve been something else.
non tech person
And then went to TV to complain
It’s dumb as shit. It’s not completely her fault. From the video, it seems she knew the laptop came with Ubuntu, and she bought it anyway (price difference maybe? They don’t mention why she opted for that one). The blame should be on Dell, they convinced her that it was good.
Edit: forgot to say that Ubuntu has nothing to do with this. They had no hand in this whole thing at all.
Is the linuxsucks community leaking?
does it seem really odd that Dell would be selling the laptop bundled with Ubuntu as a “recommended” option?
in early 2009 it would have been windows vista, i think? so maybe that’s the problem
At the time (and possibly still) Dell was promoting laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled. These laptops also avoided the “Windows Tax” and were ~$50-$100 cheaper.
*The “Windows Tax” being that Windows cost money. Most companies just built the cost of Windows into their product with no (easy) method of not purchasing Windows. So if you bought a $800 laptop, you actually bought a $700 laptop plus a Window license, even if you never planned on using Windows.
My software doesn’t work better just give up on my life path
