Christofer C. Bell wrote at 2012-02-13 15:33 -0600: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:11 AM, green <greenfreedom10@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bruce Ferrell wrote at 2012-02-12 18:56 -0600: > > > http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/fanless_systems > > > > Thanks for the link, they have some nice looking systems. Unfortunately I > > was unable to find any mention of Linux kernel support status. > > > > > They have a FEW system they have marked as unusuitable for use with Linux. > > > On checking as to why, they observed that they didn't do a clean shutdown > > > on with Ubuntu 10.04... Which was a know issue with that particular > > > distro/version. I did my own testing and found them to be totally suitable > > > for my environment. YMMV. > > > > So they just try booting Ubuntu and if it works, then claim Linux support? > > Their testing methodology isn't outlined in the post here. The only > inference we can make is that "does the system shut down cleanly under > Ubuntu?" is one of the tests run. The units marked "not suitable for > Linux" failed that test. There is no other information on what > testing is done aside from the above. So I can not trust that mainline Linux actually supports the device.
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