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: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

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.