The whole juggernaut that is now Linux on Dell started as the brainchild of two core individuals, Barton George (Senior Principal Engineer) and Jared Dominguez (OS Architect and Linux Engineer).
It was their vision that began it all back in 2012. It was long hours, uncertain futures and sheer belief that people really did want Linux laptops that sustained them. Here is the untold story of how Dell gained the top spot in preinstalled Linux on laptops.
[...] This first attempt at Linux on laptops failed mainly because most non-technical users were blinded by the cheap price and didn't understand what they were actually buying.
[...] This time the duo had the right initial market. It was big, commercial web-scale operators and their developers who were crying out for a fully supported Linux laptop.
People who do technical work, like Linux. People who don't, don't.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday November 17 2017, @06:45PM
When not doing "technical work" I always feel much safer in Linux.
I have less bloatware, I have a reasonable approximation of a sane permissions system, I can easily jail things I distrust.
I refuse to read email on any windows machine, and its rare that I browse the web on windows.
Technical work (whatever that may be) is not necessarily easier on Linux. But just about every activity is safer.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.