Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:23:01 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall Message-ID: <ef10de9a0703131423k73bd7f4bi5b799a7438c3d79f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0703131417l6c5f67d2r2ba63449dda6fb39@mail.gmail.com> References: <e8b5dfd50703131232s36327cb2w1530887698a2a48d@mail.gmail.com> <200703132028.l2DKSN8E085575@fire.jhs.private> <ef10de9a0703131417l6c5f67d2r2ba63449dda6fb39@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/13/07, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3/13/07, Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org> wrote: > > > 2007/3/13, Peter A. Giessel <pgiessel@mac.com>: > > > > Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough of us > > > > ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about FreeBSD and > > > > looking into providing support and especially drivers in the future. > > > > Tue Mar 13 21:28:11 CET 2007 > > That URL http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey > > results in: > > > > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/survey.aspx/ss?ssid=OeAjvuto67E~&s=corp > > We have encountered a problem while processing the page you requested. > > If you experience any technical problems with your shopping experience > > at dell.com, please contact one of our trained sales representatives > > at 1-800-WWW-DELL to quickly complete your transaction. Or contact > > us about the problem you have encountered. > > > > Their website is being slashdotted right now. When you do finally get > to the survey select "Community Supported: Ubuntu" for the last > question. Ubuntu is based on Debian... Debian in many respects is > equivalent to FreeBSD. > Also... For question 2 "Which systems should we prioritize on for Linux factory installation?" Put all of the notebooks at highest priority.
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