Hello Guys, Sorry for saying that, but don't get so exited!!!
I don't know if you know that already, but lots of computer manufacturers nowadays ship PCs and laptops accompanied with some sort of a Linux distro, this include big names like HP, Fujitsu Siemens, Acer, etc... . Usually the company will ship a Linux CD / DVD with the machine but will not pre-install it " or guaranty that its compatible with the hardware", I've seen some PCs and laptops that come with Fedora Core, FreeDOS, or an Acer custom made distro called Linpus, I my self got my Acer TM laptop "which I bought 2 years ago from a computer shop at gardens " pre-installed with Linpus but this Linpus is useless, it can not do any thing even in run level 3, looks like a very reduced Linux distro that is able to start up and shutdown only! on the other hand the laptop came with a CD containing all its M$ Window$ drivers !! This is not a way with which computer manufacturers support Linux and free software, this is only a way that enables them to sell cheaper hardware without paying or forcing their customers to pay the M$ tax, of course for an average consumer "especially in this part of the world" the destination for the this shipped Linux CD / DVD is the trash can, and the destiny of the computer will be the installation with a pirated M$ OS. The only hardware vendor that support Linux on it's desktops and laptops that I know of is Dell, they signed a deal with Canonical, and they now ship desktops and laptops pre-installed with ubuntu 7.10, there is an option when buying these machines that you can buy also a 1 year system support directly from Canonical, but for a price that no body in the Linux community will be willing to pay ( $125 for basic support, $275 for standard !!) Salaam, Abed On 1/7/08, Jad madi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > اعتذر عن المشاركه لكوني خارج البلاد > > > On 07/01/2008, Loai Farajallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > يا جماعة خلونا في الموضوع > > ماذا قررتم بشأن الاجتماع؟ > > يجب أن نتحرك بسرعة لأن التسجيل بدأ أمس > > وربما توزع الأجهزة الأسبوع القادم > > علينا القيام بجهد متواز ٍ مجموعة لتحضير المنشورات, وأخرى للاتصال بالجهات > > المختصة > > وأنا مع المجموعة الأولى > > > > > > > > > > On 07/01/2008, Jad madi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Internationally Thinkpad R61 usually shipped with Suse > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Kind regards, Abed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
