Dotan Cohen wrote:
It seems that the Ubuntu Hardware Compatibility List website is no
longer maintained, and I cannot find any official information about
these motherboards on Linux in general or Ubuntu in particular. If you
can recommend a good supplier in the south (Beersheba) that has
reasonable prices and better parts, then I might be able to convince
them to ditch Ivory. I have spoken with Ivory customer support, which
told me that they cannot guarantee that any of the motherboards will
work.
I don't understand.
I know the manufacturers provide support and are responsible for the
Windows drivers, so Ivory could as far as their warranty support goes,
claim they work with whatever release of Windows the manufacturer claims
it does.
But no one in the supply chain supports Linux, decides what drivers are
included in a release or distro and so on, so how can they make that
claim?
Ivory is IMHO at least being honest.
If you think I am exaggerating, look up the history of the first UBUNTU
Netbook Respin. After the deadline for changes on that release passed,
the one beta tester with an ATOM processor came back from vacation and
found the already finalized but unreleased version about to go out would
not boot.
Instead of holding the release, or at least including a big warning,
they released it as is, and left a lot of people with an unbootable
system after an upgrade.
The Netbook respin was a quick fix, but as I remember, it had its own
problems.
I expect that no honest vendor will do more than give you a chance to
try a Linux install on one of their computers and if it works, sell you
four of them.
There was time you pay a premium and buy a Linux computer, such as a VA.
Linux, Dells with their own Linux distro, etc, but I think they are long
gone.
Geoff.
--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379
"Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to learning to play
chopsticks on the piano as a child and thinking you're a musician."
(sent to me by a friend)
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