On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:19:55 -0500 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Colin Watson wrote:
They employ many people to develop Debian GNU/Linux and have donated quite a bit of our core infrastructure. Their Linux Chief Technology Officer is a former Debian Project Leader and a prolific Debian developer. I believe that HP employ more Debian developers than any other company in the world. If you think all that's unauthorized by their board, you're delusional, pure and simple.
Any ideas on how to get them to sell me a laptop with Debian (or any flavor of GNU/Linux) preinstalled then? I haven't had any luck with them on this so far? Is it that the market is so small that they are uwilling to try? or do customers not complain enough?
-Roberto
I don't know about preinstalls, but a friend spent the best part of a day doing Debian installs on notebooks for a dealer that was getting a lot of enquiries and wanted to know what the true oil was. His favourite install was on the new Omni, he was very impressed, and the dealer gave him $500.00 Canadian off the price for the day, so he was happy. With that kind of market reaction, I don't think it will be too long before Linux preinstallations are available, but I'd still prefer to do my own. Regards,
David.
As do I. However, my point about the preinstall, is that you at least *know* that everything works under Linux if they preinstall it. As it stands now, you never really know if all the hardware is supported. Even if they would sell it blank (no OS) and certify that it works with Linux, I would be happy with that (since I wouldn't have to pay the M$ tax). I would actually prefer the latter arrangement, since I would likely wipe whatever version was on there and install my own.
-Roberto
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