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Joost on Linux: it's difficult, but possible

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Ars Technica; By Ryan Paul 		Mail this story
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Joost, the compelling new on-demand P2P video service from the creators of Skype, has attracted considerable attention since the launch of its closed beta program. Last week, we offered 10,000 of our readers the opportunity to join in on the fun. I grabbed an invite myself so that I could put Joost to the test on the open-source Linux platform.

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freethinker ·
Hmm . . . wonder if anyone will catch the reference of that subject line. Could be giving away my age here. Anyhow, I called Dell Canada this morning to ask about buying a PC with Ubuntu Linux from my Canadian Dell rep. The sales guy told me that, no, I can't have one . . . "not yet," he said. While not offering any concrete dates and times, he did ask me to check with them again in "two or three weeks". A hint of things to come or a desperate plea to not buy my PC elsewhere?

Note to editor. Not sure how this happened, but it was supposed to be a reply to the "Dell PCs only in US" story.
tuxchick ·
Dell has said about a million times that they are starting out with US sales only, including several posts here on LXer. They're looking at expanding into other markets over time.
dinotrac ·
> they are starting out with US sales only,

I know it must be frustrating to potential non-US customers, but it really is pretty normal for big companies to start out with an offering and get the kinks worked out before expanding it.

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