Dell's New Linux Blog

comforteagle writes "I've just written up an interesting find: Linux engineers at Dell have started their own Linux site and weblog about Linux at Dell. From the announcement: "Welcome to the Dell Linux Community Web. This site is dedicated to providing any information that may be useful regarding your usage of Linux on your Dell equipment. While Dell primarily works with and officially supports Red Hat Linux, many of our customers choose to run other distributions." And perhaps more importantly it appears that the new site and weblog is run and maintained by the engineers themselves. It certainly has that 'made with vi' look." And kudyadi points to this PC Magazine interview with Michael Dell, in which Dell talks "about Dell's expanding product line, the company's late entrance into the Media Center space, and where the PC giant and the industry go from here." He touches on Linux just a bit, too.

Comments

Re:Dell Linux Engineering

[October_30th]

I would not buy a Dell labtop

You spend a lot time on e-bay, now don't you?-)

Re:Clever way to get on-side

[Negative Response]

marketroid zero-content stuff that pointy-eared bosses prefer.

Um, so you are implying that marketing drones are likely to have elves as their bosses?

Re:Clever way to get on-side

[Space cowboy]

"you are implying that marketing drones are likely to have elves as their bosses?"

Do you not think that the association with fantasy-land would explain a lot? :-)

Simon

But don't call Dell they're busy right now!

[badzilla]

Hmm but I'm not convinced that they're really fully behind this!

My favorite quote

[watzinaneihm]

From the interview, Micheal dell speaking about windows ME
MD: I went over to a friend's house the other day. He was having problems with his computer and he asked me to look at it, and I realized he had Windows Me and it's like, oh no--that's your first problem.

Re:My favorite quote

[moonbender]

Funny imagining that even Micheal Dell gets calls by friends to fix their computers... I mean, you'd have thought he'd just refer them to his account on the Dell customer support line. Then again, maybe he wants to keep them as friends. :P

Re:Also toshiba has one

[chamenos]

i think the least the slashdot community could do to show their support for the dell linux blog is to not slashdot their blog. IMHO of course.

Licensing issues

[Anonymous Coward]

Dell's management should immediately shut the site down, lest SCO sues them too. It's too bad filthy Lunix zealots have found sanctuary inside of Dell. Myself, I can't wait till all the Lunix hippies get run out of the country after SCO wins. Then, the US will finally be rid of the socialist software menace.

Re:That's very speculative...

[Anonymous Coward]

As someone who's worked for Dell

So... how's Bangalore treating you?

Re:Also toshiba has one

[bruthasj]

Hurry, read the site before the battery runs out in 10 minutes! :P

Microsoft will love this

[JonathanF]

So how many seconds will it take before Microsoft pulls its license agreement with Dell and files a lawsuit? :)

Re:Microsoft will love this

[axxackall]

They'll do it through SCO.

Re:Where the f*** is IBM!?!

[Anonymous Coward]

Funniest thing is, Slashdot is linked to under General Linux Resources.

Re:Hey Mike, don't dis AMD!

[Anonymous Coward]

>Do you still think AMD is better value for money?

Yes, because unlike Dell workers, I spend 2 seconds to check if the heatsink is properly mounted.

Re:You're looking at it from the wrong perspective

[Echnin]

Have you tried buying an Apple without an OS?

Actually, I was in the store yesterday, stopping in the fruit section. I saw some great green apples that were on sale (I like the sour taste), and bought about half a kilo. I came home, took a bite -- no OS! Wow.

Re:That's very speculative...

[Anonymous Coward]

What's your point?

You see all that stuff above the sentence about working for McDonalds? I imagine you'd find it there.

Re:You're looking at it from the wrong perspective

[moonbender]

Heh, beats me. :) From what I've seen toying around with my gf's iBook (900 Mhz, bought last Christmas for cheap 1200 Euros since it's a G3) OS X is really nice, and I wouldn't want to run Linux on it, either. Terra Soft have some sort of reasoning why you'd want to, but it's, well, very spiritual.

Re:Zero content?

[miu]

Which is why we have no VPs. They aren't even allowed in the building. We found one in the lobby once, but we had him escorted outside.

Was he escorted out in a Star Trek style ritual with spooky chanting, tons of mist and a portentous speech about the Outlander or did you all just poke him with a stick?