Linux en Dells

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 3/13/07, Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
[snip]
> If we want Linux on consumer machines than we must use this survey to
> stand behind what we feel is the leading (and most promising in the
> future) distro, rather than our personal taste, so as to maximize the
> chances that this distro will emerge in the survey statistics, so that
> Dell doens't give up in Linux due to a lack of clear message from the
> users. Lucky for us, the leading distro also happens to be the one we
> prefer, Ubuntu, but I take this survey more seriously than that, and
> even if I were a fan of some obscure distro, I would still vote for
> Ubuntu ! IMHO this survey is an incredible chance, it must be used
> strategically, and not taken lightly !

Actually, I think it doesn't matter at all what distro Dell picks. We
all use the same kernel, which is where most of the the hardware
support is (i.e., device drivers). Dell will have to think carefully
about the hardware (wireless chipset, graphics card) and be careful to
choose parts that are recognized and supported by the Linux kernel.

That's great for everyone. I may wipe off Red Hat or whatever distro
Dell chooses, but because they chose *some* Linux and got it to work
before it left the factory, I'm much more likely to be successful at
installing Ubuntu.

-Eamonn