On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Kilian CAVALOTTI <kilian.cavalotti.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#dkms >>> >>> I understand Jeff is relatively new to Dell. Maybe in the future we'll >>> see his influence improve Dell's clustering situation. >> >> I'm sure that he will! And Linux in general. This is potentially a >> brilliant move on Dell's part. > > Matt Domsch has been doing a *lot* of work at Dell on the Linux front
[stupid keyboard...] for over ten years. He's a member of the Fedora board and is behind most of the projects linked on http://linux.dell.com/monitoring.shtml (DKMS, efibootmgr, libsmbios...) So even it's not very well known, Dell has been doing a lot not only supporting Linux on their hardware, but also making sysadmins li'fe easier (DKMS). Upgrading a BIOS version from a Linux shell is not something you want to give up after you tried it. > If they set up their own private yum/RPM >> repository set and preinstall linux with auto-update and a dell.repo for >> device drivers, special kernels, a pretty GUI tool that lets dumb-dumb >> new clients shop for free applications and games, and maybe actually >> build a way for customers to buy proprietary linux apps (e.g. games) via >> authenticated/keyed access to yum repos, he could singlehandedly create >> a serious userland linux market. They do already. Well, except maybe for the dumb-dumb GUI and the games. But pretty much all wha'is required to make your servers run (including their OpenManage suite, drivers and firmwares) is available in RPM repositories. I understand it's not very much advertised, but it's there: http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository Cheers, -- Kilian _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
