> ------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:51:36 +0530 > From: Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Ubuntu download > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <46A34BD0.7020008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed > > Karl Larsen wrote: > > Steve Searle wrote: > >> Around 12:48pm on Sunday, July 22, 2007 (UK time), Chris Jones scrawled: > >> > >>> On the contrary, it would be a more focused and useful resource if it > >>> wasn't full of your useless drivel... > >> > >> Seconded > >> > >> Steve > >> > >> > > If you would look around Ubuntu has been trying with success some > > things Fedora should do. They offer a live-cd for the desktop, server > > and laptop. Fedora could do the same and should. > > Fedora already offers a live cd. > > Dell Computers was > > impressed. They offer Ubuntu, not Fedora or Red Hat on their computers. > > Not true. RHEL has been offered in Dell systems for a very long time now. > > Rahul > Where, Rahul? When I visit here: http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=Linux&cat=prod I'm met with two choices: Ubuntu (on a system from Dell Home Systems -- which is what I think Karl is referring to); or an n-series machine from Dell Small Business that comes ready for you to install an OS from somewhere else. The n-series machines come with FreeDOS, so the machine can be booted for testing, with the explicit understanding that Dell will not provide software support. When I talk to my Dell rep at work, there's no mention of RHEL for a desk PC on a consumer machine, although RHEL is definitely well supported on servers. My experience has been that Dell is pretty undecided about what they will do with Linux, unfortunately. Whether you can actually buy something with RHEL on it seems to change with the seasons -- again, not counting servers. Do you know of a specific source at Dell where I could send money and get a laptop with RHEL4 on it? Erik
