Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On 05-Jan-07, at 5:22 PM, Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
However what drops from the desktop winds up in these gizmos. so all gizmos are moving up from 16 to 32 bit. And linux has a very definte advantage.
which again underlines my point - unless we have a list of linux friendly hardware dealers on our wiki we are not in business
Firstly, there is no such thing as a linux friendly hardware dealer. Hardware commonly available for desktops is officially meant for windows and I haven't seen any common hardware packing that proudly and explicitly states that it is meant for Linux and contains a proper, fully functional and easily installable drivers. Hardware vendors are shopkeepers who are simply traders with some knowledge in installing windows machines. Unless we have *resellers* who are Linux installers with a highly experienced technical Linux background, no one will take responsibility and *take_back* the hardware if it does not work in Linux. Linux compatibility is still a do-it-yourself puzzle.
Instead of listing Linux friendly hardware vendors on the wiki, why not list Linux friendly hardware that commonly makes up the desktop or workstation machine. My previous attempt to ask for a list of currently installed linux hardware on workstations was not very fruitfull, so I hope this time we can get something going. Every month we can have a list of current linux compatible hardware that makes up a Desktop or Workstation PC. Then we can buy it from anywhere in India.
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