consumer pcs

The VAR Guy "Dell began offering Ubuntu on selected consumer PCs about a year ago. The VAR Guy has one (and, full disclosure, he loves it).

But this is the year that Ubuntu was supposed to move from geek users to a broader set of consumers — thanks to the release of Ubuntu 8.04 in April 2008."

Microsoft signed a deal to embed a Live Search toolbar on all Hewlett-Packard consumer PCs starting next year.

So, you still want Red Hat to move into the consumer Linux market? Here are five reasons why Red Hat should absolutely ignore pleas for consumer PCs with Linux pre-loaded.

Red Hat said it has dropped plans, disclosed last year, to develop a version of the Linux operating system for consumer PCs -- in part because of Microsoft's dominance over the market.