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posted by mrpg on Friday November 17 2017, @05:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-isn't-it-free? dept.

Dude, you're gettin' a Dell!

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by meustrus on Friday November 17 2017, @07:42PM (3 children)

    by meustrus (4961) on Friday November 17 2017, @07:42PM (#598346)

    I don't know what you're talking about. Every laptop keyboard I've used that isn't the Apple-style chiclet was terrible. I would make so many typing mistakes due to poor feedback and inadequate distance between keys. The chiclet isn't perfect, but it's better than anything else that fits in that short a space.

    Desktop of course is a different story, and I would take a cheap full-sized dome keyboard over a chiclet keyboard any day. But laptops haven't offered anything close to that experience for as long as they've been common.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @08:24PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @08:24PM (#598363)

    I don't know what you're talking about. Every laptop keyboard I've used that isn't the Apple-style chiclet was terrible. I would make so many typing mistakes due to poor feedback and inadequate distance between keys.

    The old thinkpad keyboards are lovely. Not as nice as a good mechanical keyboard, but still very nice to type on given the reduced thickness required for a laptop keyboard.

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday November 19 2017, @12:16PM

      by Bot (3902) on Sunday November 19 2017, @12:16PM (#598905) Journal

      Recalling Stallman's improvements on his XO [imgur.com]

      Tactile feedback is more pleasant on thinkpad but also old acers or the dells or the toshibas the powerbooks, than chiclets I tried (hp, but I see no big differences), because the upper and lower edges are shaped differently and because of the slight concavity which lets you instinctively adjust to the correct position. On the chiclet you instinctively watch to check your position.

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  • (Score: 1) by toddestan on Saturday November 18 2017, @01:16AM

    by toddestan (4982) on Saturday November 18 2017, @01:16AM (#598485)

    Not only are the chiclet-style keys annoying to use, but the Apple ones (completely flat tops with little travel) are the worst of the bunch.

    The best keyboards are the classic Thinkpad keyboards, though honestly the ones on the older Dell Latitudes mentioned by the GP are almost as good.