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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 MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday November 17 2017, @10:34PM (3 children)
My most powerful box runs Linux Mint but I rarely so much as turn it on.
When I got my first paycheck from my current client, I bought a Mac mini. During my homelessness I had an Acer windows laptop but now I never turn it on either.
I'm going to buy a MacBook Pro so I can work at Starbucks. To avoid paying the Apple Tax I'm going to buy a used one. Macs hold their value better than do windows boxen.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @12:55AM (2 children)
WFM. Has for many years.
Most distros come quite able to accomplish all the tasks that most folks do.
When I first stumbled on Puppy Linux, I was amazed that it was small enough that 5 Puppy ISOs would fit on 1 CD.
...yet it still was able to all the usual tasks--out of the box.
This was after I had encountered KNOPPIX, which, again, had an excellent assortment of tools.
...again, out of the box.
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There was a time over a decade ago when FOSS ECAD [google.com] suites [google.com] were becoming a popular discussion topic in sci.electronics.design|sci.electronics.cad.
The gEDA team had offered Windoze binaries several times, but the mailing list kept getting filled up with idiots who kept asking "How do I run Windoze?" so the guys stopped offering Windoze binaries and only provided source code and a build script for Windoze lusers from that point on.
(Anybody who wasn't a complete nitwit got the app suite installed just fine and their questions were about the fine points of getting things done with the apps.)
Another thing that became available about that time was bootable spins of Linux distros with a vocation-specific set of apps.
Ubuntu Electronics Remix [google.com]
Fedora Electronic Lab [google.com]
Those included the ECAD apps and, again, worked out of the box.
Terry Porter used to put up links to images of his latest PCBs, which were making him good money, all done with FOSS tools.
"not ready"??
You're putting me on.
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(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday November 18 2017, @12:57AM (1 child)
Mac OS X drivers possess exquisite beauty.
Writing Linux drivers makes hair grow on the palms of my hands.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @07:31AM
Clearly, you're holding it wrong. 8-)
...and the Linux Driver Project has hundreds of volunteers waiting in line, [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [lwn.net] ready to make hardware Linux-compatible.
I'm sure they're all scratching their heads WRT your statement.
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