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Dell Releases First Consumer Product with Mandriva

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the maybe-they-do-have-a-soul dept.

WindozeSux writes "Dell Laptops(Latitude 110L) are now shipping with Mandriva Linux pre-installed. Mandriva says this represents a milestone to make Linux more available to consumers. From the article:"This product shows the world that Mandriva is today ready for the consumer market. We've been developing products for the corporate and enthusiast markets for years. Addressing the needs of the consumer market is a different challenge, because it is all the more difficult, as you don't have a system admin or professional technician at home", said François Bancilhon, Mandriva CEO"

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  1. This is a Good Thing by poofyhairguy82 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Desktop Linux needs support from the big computer makers more than anything to succeed. Its interesting that Dell is pushing Mandriva with its laptops and HP recently began doing the same thing with its laptops and Ubuntu. I know from experiance that Linux on laptops can be tough, but mostly thats because the hardware won't work. If I can buy an Dell or an HP laptop with some distro of Linux on it that works with wireless and suspend hardware that works with Linux, then it really doesn't matter which one is on it when its shipped to me. I can put whatever I choose....avoiding the biggest problems with laptops and Linux!

    I say bring them on Dell, HP. You might have found a way to make me (and many other geeks) customers again.

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    1. Re:This is a Good Thing by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Interesting
      I know from experiance that Linux on laptops can be tough

      I previously ran Mandrake 10 on my HP nx9010 laptop. Hardware support was not the best. Power and sound did not work correctly.

      I recently installed Ubuntu and hardware support is now much better. This makes me wonder if HP have been directly helping the debian/ubuntu people with ther drivers.

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  2. Must be Vista OEM pricing time. by PAPPP · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Having seen dell in action "considering" AMD in hopes of squeezing more discounts out of Intel, and seeing as Microsoft has a new version of Windows coming along, my guess is that this is just posturing to squeeze better discounts out of Microsoft on Vista OEM pricing.
    It's a nice thought, but probably just a ploy.