HI :) Well, the post that I created here originally was thought as a supplement to this bug (in order to break Microsoft's major market share, certification has to be improved). And as Mark is the reporter of the bug, I thought there might be chance that he'd read it.
The rest is just a discussion emerged from my original post, in which I let flow in some things that I am unhappy with and which could be improved (sorry for offending anyone, if I did) While there may be other ways to contact the persons responsible for certification, I do not know what is wrong of posting the feedback as a question on Launchpad to which the Canonical Hardware Certification Team is subscribed to (see question #216889). I did not install Windows first, I also tried other distributions, including Fedora 18 Beta, which ships with a quite recent kernel. I do not see the point of trying Linux Mint (as it ships with the same Kernel as Ubuntu) or a different version of Ubuntu (as I already tried two). For Windows, it worked pretty straight forward: It detected everything, except the touchpad and the harddrive acceleration sensor. Installed both drivers, and I was ready to go. Still better than having to compile a custom touchpad driver that adds support for my Alps touchpad. Just to sum it up, I do not want to harp on Ubuntu's hardware support - of course it is harder to support hardware if vendors do not provide drivers or anything. If I install Ubuntu on some machine, it is acceptable for me that I may have to tweak something, considering it is free and open. BUT: If I buy a Ubuntu certified machine (I suppose that Dell pays some money to Canonical for certification, rights to use the Ubuntu brand, Hardware enablement...), shipping with Ubuntu, I expect everything to work (as it is with Windows normally) and that the changes required to make the hardware work are made flow back upstream, so that it works with other distributions, too. Otherwise, I do not think that Ubuntu can not be seen as a serious competitor to Windows. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share Status in Club Distro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in LibreOffice Productivity Suite: New Status in dylan.NET.Reflection: Invalid Status in dylan.NET: Invalid Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid Status in LibreOffice: In Progress Status in The Linux Kernel: New Status in The Linux Mint Distribution: In Progress Status in The Linux OS Project: In Progress Status in The Metacity Window Manager: In Progress Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: In Progress Status in Tabuntu: Invalid Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid Status in Tv-Player: Invalid Status in Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team Meta Project: In Progress Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in Arch Linux: Confirmed Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Debian: In Progress Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: In Progress Status in Tilix Linux: New Bug description: Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to all." "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world." * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic practices. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. 2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software. What happens: Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre- installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be proprietary. What should happen: A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software. * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
