Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off
by jhasse on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:17AM
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> And the strategy to have plain Ubuntu installed makes them very vulnarable to competitors. The should have developed their own flavor like System76 is doing with PopOS, imo.
For me it's a plus, similar to manufacturers shipping stock Android. I'd replace anything pre-installed with Fedora anyway though.
Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off
by bevax on Thursday November 16, 2017 @04:22AM
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Furthermore, it is a big effort to maintain a distribution, started from maintaining infrastructure, doing QA, especially ensure security, get releases out… while in the end the buyer typically has his own choice (or requirement) of distribution. Therefore, I think it is more then reasonable to pick out one, but also ensure drivers for all the used hardware make it into the kernel.
Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off
by thomastjeffery on Friday November 17, 2017 @04:28PM
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> And the strategy to have plain Ubuntu installed makes them very vulnarable to competitors.
How so?
They are selling hardware, not software.
Ubuntu is very well-supported.
Linux users are very tough customers in my experience.
And the strategy to have plain Ubuntu installed makes them very vulnarable to competitors. The should have developed their own flavor like System76 is doing with PopOS, imo.