Re: [News] GNU/Linux Gives a Lot More Than What You Pay For

[Moshe Goldfarb.]

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:07:10 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> ____/ Homer on Friday 06 June 2008 11:21 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>> Linux: You Get What You Paid For (When You Bought Windows)
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> [...]
>>> | It does make me think, however, about what you really get when
>>> | you purchase the license to use a commercial operating system
>>> | like Windows or OSX.
>>
>> Basically ... nothing.
>
> You get a text editor, regedit and scandisk.

And a working system.
With Linux you get a brick.

Don't believe it?

Here is an example of a Lenovo laptop, preloaded with Linux.
Check out all the stuff that doesn't work with Linux, basic stuff, that
does work with the Windows version.

http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Reviews/Lenovo-Launches-Linux-Laptop-and-Leaves-Lots-of-Questions/

The first part of the document covered ´features not supported.¡ Some of
those features are:

* ThinkVantage Active Protection System.
* ThinkVantage Access Connections for SUSE Linux
* ThinkPad Configuration for SUSE Linux
* ThinkPad Power Manager for SUSE Linux
* Wireless WAN Adapter
* ThinkVantage Button
* (Intel Graphics System) DVI Output

From our point of view, Lenovo was not off to a good start. The company
announced back in August that Linux would be available on some of its
notebook systems by the end of last year.

Another example of how to piss people off using Linux.
Maybe they should try LinPUS on this one?


--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

 

[Canuck57]

Or they could buy a Eee PC (Linux) and it all works. ASUS is far ahead of
the curve on Linux support.

That Lenovo PC probably has a Broadcom wireless chipset. They will not
release the code for Linux even though the reference kit for it is Linux.
Go figure, as this is not news in the Linux circle.

But the anti-Linux OEMs are getting squashed. Back when XP was 16 months
old, it would have been unheard of to get Linux from ASUS, Lenovo or Dell.
I hear HP is jumping in shortly with it's own entry to the US/Canadian
markets.... Vista, driving people to Linux and Apple.


"Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_straw@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8a7tveiy5hfa.ocvtrct6xoc.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:07:10 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Homer on Friday 06 June 2008 11:21 : \____
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> Linux: You Get What You Paid For (When You Bought Windows)
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> [...]
>>>> | It does make me think, however, about what you really get when
>>>> | you purchase the license to use a commercial operating system
>>>> | like Windows or OSX.
>>>
>>> Basically ... nothing.
>>
>> You get a text editor, regedit and scandisk.
>
> And a working system.
> With Linux you get a brick.
>
> Don't believe it?
>
> Here is an example of a Lenovo laptop, preloaded with Linux.
> Check out all the stuff that doesn't work with Linux, basic stuff, that
> does work with the Windows version.
>
> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Reviews/Lenovo-Launches-Linux-Laptop-and-Leaves-Lots-of-Questions/
>
> The first part of the document covered ´features not supported.¡ Some of
> those features are:
>
> * ThinkVantage Active Protection System.
> * ThinkVantage Access Connections for SUSE Linux
> * ThinkPad Configuration for SUSE Linux
> * ThinkPad Power Manager for SUSE Linux
> * Wireless WAN Adapter
> * ThinkVantage Button
> * (Intel Graphics System) DVI Output
>
> From our point of view, Lenovo was not off to a good start. The company
> announced back in August that Linux would be available on some of its
> notebook systems by the end of last year.
>
> Another example of how to piss people off using Linux.
> Maybe they should try LinPUS on this one?
>
>
> --
> Moshe Goldfarb
> Collector of soaps from around the globe.
> Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
> http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/