Re: [OT] Re: lame bitching about xpsp2

[Bart.Lansing () kohls com]

Oops...you should have looked at the website you linked to juuuuust a 
little more carefully:

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Dell does not officially support running Linux on Dell desktops. Although, 
as there are relatively fewer gotchas associated with Linux running on 
desktops as compared to laptops, installing Linux should be a fairly 
straight-forward task. You might consider visiting Dell's Linux-Desktop 
Community Forum for more help in this area.
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Bart Lansing
Manager, Desktop Services
Kohl's IT


full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com wrote on 08/18/2004 03:20:29 PM:

> > OK - put your money where your mouth is.  Pretend I'm a consumer.   I 
> > have 2000 USD to spend and want a good PC with a good warranty with 
> > GNU/Linux on it.  Find me a link to a major OEM that will ship me a PC 

> > within those specs with decent hardware and a generally recognized 
name 
> > (Dell, Gateway, HP, IBM...).
> > The PC must be listed as a desktop system and must be easy to find.
> >
> > That's your assignment.  That's the way that you can prove your point, 

> > and it's the only way.
> > If the situation is as you claim it is, that should take you no less 
> > than 3 minutes.  The clock is ticking...
>
> Took me all of about 30 seconds...
>
> http://linux.dell.com/desktops.shtml
>
> -KF
>
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