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Woman Quits College, Blames Ubuntu, Is Flamed by Overzealous Fanboys

by Katherine Noyes on Monday 19 January 2009


Operating systems have been charged with a variety of grievances over the years, but perhaps none so dire as the one that was laid at Linux’s door last week. Yes, last week Linux — or, more specifically, Ubuntu — was blamed for nothing short of ending a Wisconsin student’s college career. How could that be possible, you may ask? Well, the student in question — we won’t reproduce her full name here for fear of worsening the response she’s apparently already gotten — accidentally ordered Ubuntu on her new Dell computer.

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