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Re: [opensuse] Pre-Installed Linux On Dells Coming!!
- From: "Fred A. Miller" <fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:17:49 -0500
- Message-id: <200702270117.49737.fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Monday 26 February 2007 9:46:19 pm Kai Ponte wrote:
> The articles I had read - which all delt with why Linux doesn't come
> pre-installed on mass-market systems - had to do with certifying all
> hardware works when there is no OS loaded.
>
> Now, when I used to mass-market white-box systems in the '90s, I pretty
> much just ran a DOS-based test floppy on all systems to make sure they
> worked. I used to burn in all systems for at least 24 hours.
>
> I don't know if PC makers still do this.
MOST don't.
Fred
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> The articles I had read - which all delt with why Linux doesn't come
> pre-installed on mass-market systems - had to do with certifying all
> hardware works when there is no OS loaded.
>
> Now, when I used to mass-market white-box systems in the '90s, I pretty
> much just ran a DOS-based test floppy on all systems to make sure they
> worked. I used to burn in all systems for at least 24 hours.
>
> I don't know if PC makers still do this.
MOST don't.
Fred
--
Remember, a consumer is a customer with no choice.
DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'
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