Dell's Precision notebook may have come with Linux at one time, but not currently. The rest of the Precision workstation line can be had with RHEL or XP Pro. Although we've moved to SuSE 9.1 at work, those wanting their own factory Linux system are encouraged to check out the Dell Precision. Hopefully a SuSE solution from Dell will be on the horizon and hopefully we'll see Linux on their luggable M60 tank (er, notebook).
If you ask nicely and order a sufficient number of units, Dell will drop the MS license from some their Optiplex models and simply ship you a copy of FreeDOS. These are known as the 'n' models. E.g., GX270n. Do you remember getting such a model back in the 90's? I don't either.
Standard disclaimer applies (I don't work for Dell) and YMMV.
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I hope the MPAA isn't using something like find or file from System V, otherwise they'll have to answer to SCO.
Dell's Precision notebook may have come with Linux at one time, but not currently. The rest of the Precision workstation line can be had with RHEL or XP Pro. Although we've moved to SuSE 9.1 at work, those wanting their own factory Linux system are encouraged to check out the Dell Precision. Hopefully a SuSE solution from Dell will be on the horizon and hopefully we'll see Linux on their luggable M60 tank (er, notebook).
If you ask nicely and order a sufficient number of units, Dell will drop the MS license from some their Optiplex models and simply ship you a copy of FreeDOS. These are known as the 'n' models. E.g., GX270n. Do you remember getting such a model back in the 90's? I don't either.
Standard disclaimer applies (I don't work for Dell) and YMMV.
Hopefully they affixed plenty of LEDs to the front of their server hardware and forced their developers to use 300bps acoustic couplers.
"How about a nice game of Tit for Tat?"
Could you imagine building a beowulf cluster of these?
Oh... Nevermind.
tax decreases are a bad thing
I beg to differ. Having personally received a tax decrease last year, nVidia and AMD reaped the benefits of my repatriated money.
The big problem in the US is entitlements, and no politician is willing to step up to the plate to reform (or cut) them before they eat us for lunch.
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More nukes = less worries