On 02/26/2007 10:08 PM somebody named John Andersen wrote:
On Monday 26 February 2007, Jan Tiggy wrote:
WTF cares about what distro? We just need mashines especially laptops checked against linux.
Exactly. If dell had to stand behind their warranty for linux they wouldn't be jamming ATI cards into the machines without dragging ATI through a knothole to get the drivers working and easy to install.
Someone like Dell does not have to worry about whether the driver is opensource or not. As a system integrator they can install linux and then ADD the non-oss drivers and packages to their hearts content.
One problem I generally have when I buy a machine is, if something is wrong with the hardware within the warrantee period, the tech help won't help you if you don't run Windows to help them diagnose the problem. That's 90% of the reason I dual-boot. If Dell sells a machine with Linux pre-installed, it means that I can call their tech support without have to boot into Windows... and I won't need Windows (probably... hopefully). My hard drive space will immediately go up by a third and my machine instantly become more secure. All Good Things(R). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org