Re: ready to use debian or ubuntu laptop reccomendations?
On Thursday 02 March 2006 01:20, Star King of the Grape Trees wrote:
> Andrew Cady wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> >(If you're thinking that just because Dell can't switch to Linux they
> >have no power, consider that they *could* start shipping PCs with
> >Firefox, or servers optionally with Linux, or PCs without OSes).
>
> I am very certain that Dell does sell servers that optionally have
> Linux, and even says this on their website.
Nothing but lip service. I tried this week, still no dice. They advertise it
on their website, but Dell will not, under any circumstance, sell you a
preinstalled Linux box. You can even call them and ask questions, they'll as
politely as possible tell you that you're a freaking moron for even thinking
they do.
Two years have passed, not one bit has changed:
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20040918105850387
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