Thousands of Dell users have contacted a user forum to call for PCs to be shipped with a Linux operating system and the OpenOffice application suite.
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Dell has acknowledged that 83,000 users have urged it to sell PCs with Linux pre-installed, but it has fallen short of accepting their suggestion.
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A Linux desktop manual for novice PC users has been produced by a UN-funded organisation, the International Open Source Network (IOSN).
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