Oh the lolz when they are fined. I do hope this reaches the level of BBC News.
It's always nice to see a Microsoft exec. squirm in a TV news interview. I wonder
what lame excuse they will come up with. Something a vague as:
"We want to keep our users secure and safe"
or even as patronising as:
"User may break something trying to install other operating systems"
Heaven forbid people should be able to do what they want, with what they PAID FOR AND OWN!
This was my initial thought too. Google make their money off adds. To make it easy to use Adblock Plus on Chrome would lose them money. Chrome is good, but I have too many Firefox plugins that are _so_ useful, I cannot switch.
* ietab - For SharePoint integration features with evil nazi M$ Office (Sucks, but I need it for work)
* Adblock Plus - Making the internets bearable
* Gmail Manager - multiple gmail accounts monitored
* XMarks - Sync'ed bookmarks, mit the tags also. ftw.
* SwitchProxy Tool - For work/home migration. Changing the proxy for ie, safari (damn I hate that one) and chrome is a bitch. Firefox + Proxy Switch Tool really ftw.
This was my initial fear but I couldn't define it in my head. I do hope they steer clear of of the SLED. All Dell need to do to show that they're serious is to show that any Linux laptop they will sell is supported entirely by the current, or a recent vanilla kernel. This should include:
Wireless drivers
Hibernation / Sleep funtionality
CPU throttling control
...I'm sure I've missed one?
The issue of proprietary nvidia / ati graphics drivers is one they should initially work around. As all GNU/Linux users do currently. But this should be the *only* exception as far as hardware compatibility is concerned.
This bunch sell sweet laptops with pre-installed Ubuntu. If they can do it, surely Dell can do it?
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Oh the lolz when they are fined. I do hope this reaches the level of BBC News.
It's always nice to see a Microsoft exec. squirm in a TV news interview. I wonder
what lame excuse they will come up with. Something a vague as:
"We want to keep our users secure and safe"
or even as patronising as:
"User may break something trying to install other operating systems"
Heaven forbid people should be able to do what they want, with what they PAID FOR AND OWN!
Roll on the M$ embarrassment
Betamax FTW!
Damn skippy!
This was my initial thought too. Google make their money off adds. To make it easy to use Adblock Plus on Chrome would lose them money. Chrome is good, but I have too many Firefox plugins that are _so_ useful, I cannot switch.
* ietab - For SharePoint integration features with evil nazi M$ Office (Sucks, but I need it for work)
* Adblock Plus - Making the internets bearable
* Gmail Manager - multiple gmail accounts monitored
* XMarks - Sync'ed bookmarks, mit the tags also. ftw.
* SwitchProxy Tool - For work/home migration. Changing the proxy for ie, safari (damn I hate that one) and chrome is a bitch. Firefox + Proxy Switch Tool really ftw.
I agree that google has all my info anyway, but I don't think this will be "How the west was won."
B I N G O !
The issue of proprietary nvidia / ati graphics drivers is one they should initially work around. As all GNU/Linux users do currently. But this should be the *only* exception as far as hardware compatibility is concerned.
This bunch sell sweet laptops with pre-installed Ubuntu. If they can do it, surely Dell can do it?