27 Feb
2007
27 Feb
'07
06:17
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.
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