[ale] VM ?

[Jeff Lightner]

I chose the word "embrace" carefully.   Notice I didn't say "enable" or
some other word.  The point being, that while you can load Linux on Dell
the support for such loads is quite lacking at Dell.  You're basically
on your own after you load it.

Most of out Redhat/Fedora Linux installations are on Dell.  The problem
isn't that you can't load it but that Dell doesn't know how to support
it well despite the fact they have a "Linux team".

We use Dell mainly because that's what we've been using on the Windoze
side of the house for years so we have an established relationship.   If
it were up to me we would not use Dell for Linux.   Often their "Linux
support" boils down to "boot it from a Windows CD then do ...".   They
couldn't even troubleshoot a Linux script they themselves wrote.   The
meeting my director and I had with Dell reps about the Linux
(non)support was quite a joke.   It basically came to "pay us a buttload
more money and will put you through to the real Linux experts".   

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Paul
To: ale at ale.org
Cartwright
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 5:27 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] VM ?

On Tuesday 27 February 2007 02:04:00 pm Jeff Lightner wrote:
> D oesn't
> E mbrace
> L inux
> L oads

nice!
except I've got a brand new Dell Duo Core desktop PC running SUSE 10.2 (

NVidia card). my Dell XPS laptop is running Kubuntu Feisty, and it has
also 
run SUSE, Kubuntu Edgy,and the Kubuntu before that.  My older Dell that
I 
just replaced was a 1.66Ghz PC, 1 Gb ram, and it ran SUSE 9.1 , 9.2,
9.3.. 
and 10.

-- 
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
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