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 RS3 on Saturday November 18 2017, @06:40PM
I've had absolutely NO problems running mostly CentOS. Tried a few others, slightly pressured into running CentOS, okay, I've adapted.
Maybe I'm more tenacious and like the challenge? Maybe I'm lucky? It's a very low-budget operation. If I tried to requisition newer fancy stuff, they'd move to major hosting provider and I'd lose the fun and income, so I keep things humming.
CentOS 4 (before me), 5, and 6 running on PowerEdge 2450, 2550, 2650, and PE 600SC (tower case- P4, has ServerWorks chipset, 3 IDE ports, Adaptec SCSI, etc.) I know some of the 2450s were originally bought new with RedHat 4 and 5 (the older series- 2000-2004).
So what "weird issues" do you remember having??