-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Paul Iadonisi hath spake thusly: > 1) I refuse to pay full price for a piece of equipment that I'm > not certain is 100% Linux compatible. (Winmodems+NonGPL Linmodem > drivers != 100% Linux compatible in my book.)
Why? You have a driver that works well, so why not use it? Why should this be considered not Linux compatible? I would agree that having a free driver would be better, but I don't understand the sentiment of throwing out good software (or at least usable software) just because it isn't free... > 2) I refuse to pay the Microsoft Tax and though it's possible to > avoid that with desktops, AFAICT, it is impossible with laptops. http://www.tuxtops.com/ I'd be willing to bet they're not the only people who will sell laptops without MS OS's pre-installed. I just don't care to do the research. Note that they do charge for installing a linux distribution... They also have an option to dual-boot Win2k, which costs an extra $179. - -- Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - --------------------------------------------- I prefer mail encrypted with PGP/GPG! GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu Learn more about it at http://www.gnupg.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9LaTfdjdlQoHP510RArBsAJsGSmJXoCD9oD237C3PHITkmbTJqgCfS7I2 X3ihZgXsvO6qprBiHLmiDCk= =VL7b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
