Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:58:57 +0100 From: Jona Joachim <walkingshadow@grummel.net> To: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall Message-ID: <20070315015857.038a8821@localhost> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0703141550q4c90d399u87054ba5f0a415af@mail.gmail.com> References: <8a0028260703141026m3896b353y541a3d4ee4fb5d1d@mail.gmail.com> <20070314221439.79880.qmail@web50304.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <ef10de9a0703141550q4c90d399u87054ba5f0a415af@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_n/.Kw7h3BbB/v+xK46GD8L0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:50:22 -0500 "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/14/07, Tim Clewlow <tim1timau@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > --- Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 14/03/07, Eric Kjeldergaard <kjelderg@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > drivers.) For those of us using FreeBSD, there's not a > > > > substantial advantage to proprietary linux drivers over > > > > proprietary Windows drivers. > > > We > > > > go unsupported either way. > > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, well I would hope that they would use hardware with open > > > source drivers only, in which case, yes, FreeBSD would be able to > > > take advantage. Even if, say, the OSD's are GPL'ed, that would at > > > least allow BSD users to inquire as to the specs from the OSD > > > developers. > > > > > > Jeff > > > -- > > > > > > > The survey is asking "What OS do you want pre-installed?" - it is > > not asking "Do you want open source drivers". If we choose an OS > > that "might" be able to get the binary globs removed and use the > > source instead, then in my opinion, we are playing games with the > > survey that may not actually end up with us getting something we > > can use in FreeBSD. > > > > By contrast, if enough people vote for FreeBSD, then dell might > > actually offer to install FreeBSD. > > >=20 > Stop right there. Dell has already decided to go with Linux and You can buy Dell Notebooks with FreeDOS preinstalled. Last time I checked FreeDOS was not a Linux distro. I can't see why you say that FreeBSD resembles Debian so much. If I were to choose a Linux distro which is somewhat like FreeBSD I'd say Gentoo but anyway there's no point to it. Ubuntu is going to win the survey anyway. However there is a point in voting for FreeBSD. There is hardware that is more or less well supported under Linux but not yet as well supported under FreeBSD (ipw3945 for example). If Dell see that a lot of FreeBSD users are interested in their products they may want to choose hardware that is well supported under most open source operating systems, not only Linux. This brings them new customers for little effort. Greetings, Jona --=20 "I am chaos. I am the substance from which your artists and scientists build rhythms. I am the spirit with which your children and clowns laugh in happy anarchy. I am chaos. I am alive, and tell you that you are free." Eris, Goddess Of Chaos, Discord & Confusion --Sig_n/.Kw7h3BbB/v+xK46GD8L0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF+JpRB0JBR/6d8XQRAuUeAJ4tsyHvIaQpjlXcbQzYjAzx/U3gOwCgoDGR PNv2QfZyyHIhcf15QmieUXo= =t3Si -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_n/.Kw7h3BbB/v+xK46GD8L0--
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