Rain? I'm dancing in the streets, rain or shine.
We'll see how this works out, but the free driver pledge puts real muscle
behind free software. Dell's preference for hardware with free drivers puts
pressure on all vendors to make sure free drivers exist. Systems certified
to work with
Posted to General because its good news :)
Here is the news straight from Dell's mouth:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/ideastorm/ideasinaction?c=usl=ens=gen
Here is Dell's pledge to GPL drivers.
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/03/28/9655.aspx
I really like the fact
Not to be negative or rain on the parade, but this isn't going to work
unless Dell really puts some muscle behind it. Basically all they're
saying is, sure we'll pre-install linux. Get your support from the
community forum.
Problem is, the people that filled out the survey (yes i filled it
Not that I like it, but if it is indeed true that Dells w/ Linux cost more
than identical Windows configurations, then that can be directly traced back
to subsidization. 5 years ago, I built PC's for myself and for all of my
friends. I still do it for myself 'cause I can get things a piece at a
You are right, this isn't Dell saying that they are going to support
Linux for everyone. It's just a small step. This is a good thing.
This is the reason I use Linux: choice.
People now have a choice for lih-nucks. Not everyone who buys a
computer will consider it, but a lot of people that
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Andrew Baudouin wrote:
Not that I like it, but if it is indeed true that Dells w/ Linux cost more
than identical Windows configurations, then that can be directly traced back
It doesn't make sense, hardware is hardware. But yes I have bought the XP
box before after
On 3/30/07, -ray ray at ops.selu.edu wrote:
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Andrew Baudouin wrote:
Not that I like it, but if it is indeed true that Dells w/ Linux cost
more
than identical Windows configurations, then that can be directly traced
back
It doesn't make sense, hardware is hardware.
Andrew Baudouin wrote:
Plus you now have an XP license that you can sell for 70 bucks or
something.
Not legally.
I know, isn't that stupid? If you're not using it, why can't you sell it?
On 3/30/07, Tim Fournet tfournet at tfour.net wrote:
Andrew Baudouin wrote:
Plus you now have an XP license that you can sell for 70 bucks or
something.
Not legally.
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