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Re: Dell Linux Misconceptions - Ordinary Users Do Request Linux

  • Subject: Re: Dell Linux Misconceptions - Ordinary Users Do Request Linux
  • From: Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:36:38 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <1330669.SxhPYaSSY4@schestowitz.com> <567b2mF276nquU2@mid.individual.net> <1174316839.592136.162850@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
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nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> 
>>
>> In fact Roy, many assume that it is people like us, cheering from the
>> sidelines and "voting" 100 times each, and that not a single one of us will
>> ever buy a single machine with Linux installed or "installable":-)
> 
> Not me.  I voted (once) on their web site, and I've been buying from
> Dell for a long time, back to when they were PC Limited (a 286
> machine).  But I had decided not to buy from them next time, because I
> don't want or need Vista.  Personally I don't care if they actually
> install Linux, as long as the hardware is Linux certified.
> 

It would be /incredibly/ useful to know what kernel version supports all
hardware at whatever compatibility level, I think.  However, Toshiba
have linked out to such information for a few years now...

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