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Crapware? Wipe that smirk off your face Ed! Shame on you!

OK, so it is.

I recently purchased an HP Pavilion dv2000z with, of course, Windows Media Center XP installed. It of course came up with more than half of the desktop filled with icons and quite a few tray applications.

Suffice it to say, I blew away Windows and installed openSUSE 10.2.

The KDE 3D desktop (Xgl) running on an AMD T52 Turion 64X2 with 2Gigs of DDR2 ram and nVidia is superb..I recommend you go directly to downloading [url=http://en.opensuse.org/Optimal_Use_of_MS_TrueType_Core_Fonts_for_a_KDE_Desktop_on_SuSE]MS Truetype fonts[/url] with Tahoma[1] being a good pick for 'easy anti-aliasing on the eyes' reading.

The machine is superb and doesn't break a sweat.

Anyhow, my point is there is NO crapware installed--you get a slim, lean desktop appearance, Firefox, OpenOffice, Printer, Trash and some sundry applets, utilities, games in the KDE Kicker (new in KDE 3.5.5).


[1]To use TrueType fonts you must own a valid licensed copy of MS Windows.


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Crapware  D. T. Schmitz | 01/11/07
You could of just uninstalled the ....  ShadeTree | 01/12/07
Yeah right!  Cardinal_Bill | 01/12/07
crapware  xrayangiodoc | 01/15/07
So what you're saying  John Zern | 01/12/07
Even When Linux gains over 50% of the market...  BanjoPaterson | 04/18/07
WoW  TonyMcS | 01/11/07
So you must be running Linux too!  linux for me | 01/12/07
hmm  LinuxHippie | 01/12/07
depends on definitions....  devlin_X | 01/13/07
Except it's not professional  THEE WOLF | 01/15/07
depends what definition you choose...  mdsmedia | 01/15/07
Rumor maybe, but still True  jpr75_z | 01/12/07
Reinstalling question  tic swayback | 01/12/07
It varies from OEM to OEM and from model to model.  ShadeTree | 01/12/07
Add/Remove is nice  Patrick Jones | 01/12/07
You don't have to reinstall.  Anton Philidor | 01/12/07
Yes and No  John Zern | 01/12/07
No Dell doesn't  ChazzMatt | 01/16/07
Mine Did  fasthair | 01/17/07
The truly sad thing about crapware  msolgeek | 01/12/07
Which is why I image a new PC  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/07
So much trouble  dragosani | 01/12/07
Ed,  Cardinal_Bill | 01/12/07
Ed, that sounds great  msolgeek | 01/12/07
Those pre-loaded "trial applications" are straight from the depths of hell.  James T. Kirk | 01/12/07
Add another one  Moosehouse | 01/17/07
Try this  mrleo1957 | 01/22/07
A few corrections!  ShadeTree | 01/12/07
Apparently you didn't read my post  msolgeek | 01/12/07
I did.  Anton Philidor | 01/12/07
Thanks Anton  msolgeek | 01/12/07
Unsigned drivers, at least.  Grayson Peddie | 01/12/07
Not unsigned.  Anton Philidor | 01/16/07
For once I totally agree with MS  Stuka | 01/12/07
destroy crapware!  lostarchitect | 01/12/07
As Ed posted in a previous blog ...  ShadeTree | 01/12/07
Not all crapware is subsidized by other vendors  msolgeek | 01/12/07
Try to install an HP PSC?  devlin_X | 01/13/07
Give the consumer a choice then  Edward Meyers | 01/13/07
"We call them craplets," the official said.  nomorems | 01/12/07
Applet?  Cardinal_Bill | 01/12/07
Exactly  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 01/12/07
?  jjarman | 01/23/07
Not skeptical of CBC  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/16/07
Vista if full of crapware  martin23 | 01/12/07
MS accusing others of installing crapware, Uhmm!  jjon2121 | 01/12/07
Windows Messenger  xrayangiodoc | 01/15/07
Solution to crapware  GrimmReaperSound | 01/12/07
Bare Metal Machines  M.R. Kennedy | 01/14/07
So who's whining?  GrimmReaperSound | 01/15/07
We get barebones here!!!  scorpioso69 | 01/17/07
Re: More on Windows Vista and crapware  Altiris_Grunt | 01/12/07
Vista is crapware. period  willyu | 01/12/07
I think more does need to be said...  Badgered | 01/12/07
Facts please....  k12IT | 01/12/07
Some people love to dog things they've never used  MacGeek2121 | 01/17/07
Vista is second rate  tracy anne | 01/19/07
well I bought the beta & release candidate  stevey_d | 01/28/07
OMG!  People | 01/12/07
Mr. Pot meet Mr. Kettle  Edward Meyers | 01/13/07
Uninstalling crapware from floor models....  devlin_X | 01/13/07
New Pc's & crapware - A Reminder  amrisch069 | 01/13/07
No, that is wrong and illegal!  cnfrisch | 01/13/07
incorrect  jjarman | 01/22/07
Windows Vista = Crapware  mjk1971 | 01/15/07
Likewise to your post!  gcv | 01/24/07
Just Adds To The Pot  Ole Man | 01/16/07
Speaking of crapware, there is also "Covertware" ...  litz@... | 01/18/07
What is this based on?  Reavan | 04/06/07
This SW is a POS  mattman66 | 01/07/09
Outlook 2007 is crap  JosephDParent@... | 01/18/07
Crapware ?  digitrog | 01/18/07
Get off.....  Master Guru | 01/19/07
Use the De-Crapifier  mrleo1957 | 01/22/07
Apple gets this right  gcv | 01/24/07
Based on what?  Reavan | 04/06/07

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