On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 8:41 AM, H.S.Rai <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Narendra Sisodiya > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let me put my voice on the biggest hurdle in FOSS adaptation. > > This hurdle is "Proprietary Hardware Drivers" > > Very true. > > As user, many times, even buying Linux loaded machine may be more pain. > > One school bought bulk Tablet PCs. The brochure: > > > http://www.classmatepc.com/pdf/Intel-powered_convertible_classmate_PC_Product_Brief.pdf > > says you may have [Windows 7 / XP] (MS) / Linux. > > That school got Ubuntu loaded Tablets. They found most of software are > quite old, datacard not working, blue-tooth not working, though it > shows software are up to date. Reason, Ubuntu has dedicated repository > for this and which is Ubuntu 8.04 I know some distributors in Delhi who are exporting lablet/laptops from China and want to sell at cheapest prise. It is very good that they declined the M$ contracts and other things and they are now shipping laptop with DOS or Ubuntu. Bad part - They do not test well. they do not have expertise in Linux. >
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