Re:The Linux desktop experience is killing Linux on the desktop
by pbhjpbhj on Saturday June 11, 2011 @11:37AM
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>$100 is not what it will take. It will take a vendor that's willing to build the laptop out of supported hardware instead of whatever they can source most cheaply.
I imagine it's cheaper just to support the hardware you are using for other OSs though?
Dell were shipping Linux based laptops and presumably chose this route over the "create hardware specifically for Linux" route. Why did Dell fail in this respect?
Re:The Linux desktop experience is killing Linux on the desktop
by sandGorgon on Saturday June 11, 2011 @12:09PM
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take that thought one bit further.
Say you only support hardware from the last 5 years (Drop all pre-2001 compatibility.) - 5 major laptop makers,3-4 hardware/motherboard lines. Can a software player not raise 20K$ to buy hardware and build in full out-of-the-box compatibility ?
Diaspora raised 200K for vaporware - can this not be funded ?
Apple does it and that's why their hardware mostly works. (But to be fair, I've had plenty of issues with Windows and OS X. Software sucks. Hardware sucks. That's why you get a supercomputer with 15 hours battery life for $500, though. If you wanted it to be perfect, it would cost you $100,000.)