Re: [MLUG] Dell To Offer Ubuntu

[George Robb <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I see it helping out the Linux community in general by having a large  
vendor on the community's side.  e.g. on the discussion list a member  
built a 64 bit box and was completely frustrated due to the lack of  
64-bit flash support.

There is not a 64 bit version of flash, yet...  Nobody has written it.

If Dell receives X amount of calls on the support line they will put  
a bug in Adobe's ear. Which might encourage corporate open source  
development or contributions.  Or worst case a few more binaries that  
will eliminate vendor lock in.

Its a light at the end of the tunnel, weather it be the end of the  
tunnel, or a train coming only the future will tell...

George




On May 1, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Mike Miller wrote:

> On Tue, 1 May 2007, shawn parker wrote:
>
> > when do the distro flame wars start? :)
>
>
> I have no interest in that, but here is a related question:  If the  
> Dells ship with Ubuntu, and Ubuntu is running great, all devices  
> working, would that imply that other Linux distros would work with  
> the same drivers?
>
> If not, how hard would it be to use bits of another distro to get  
> the desired look and feel of that distro?
>
> I'm thinking the kernels are interchangable between distros if they  
> aren't identical.  Also, if the kernels differ at all (due to  
> recompiling for device compatibility or whatever), the source  
> should be available to you.
>
> So how much will this Ubuntu/Dell collaboration help other Linux  
> distros?
>
> Mike
>
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