On 11/17/2010 09:53 PM, kdemarest wrote: > Just wanted to do a brief survey against a hypothesis to see if I'm crazy or > not. Given mainstream computer manufacturers, is the probability that their > desktop and notebook systems will be "Linux friendly" positively correlated > to whether or not they have a Server line? > > I think that depends on how you define "Friendly". If you mean, that their hardware works with linux, I think it's partly manufacturer based(of components), partly distributor based(computer brand), and partly based on the shear number of machines sold.
An interesting case would be HP, I've done quite a few installs on HP laptops/netbooks and there never ceases to be some hardware on it that requires major bending to get to work. There is the classic struggle with Broadcom wireless(mostly solved these days), but that was more an industry wide thing where everyone was putting the cheapest card they could get. These days it's webcams and fingerprint readers that are all over the place in terms of support. Then again HP is pretty poort on driver support for their Windows boxes too, you can almost forget upgrading or downgrading from Vista to 7 or XP if you have an HP. To add a twist, would you consider a company that sells some consumer boxes loaded with linux to be friendlier? Interesting hypothesis though, thanks for sharing. Alex -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
