Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:48:50 +0100 | From | jerome lacoste <> | Subject | Re: Runs with Linux (tm) |
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[...] > With a logo a PC vendor such as Dell can stick the logo on their PCs > if and only if every component in the machine is certified. > (Including motherboard, on-board graphics, on-boad-sound, on-board > raid etc. etc.) > > This means you or I don't have to try to find out the exact machine > specification from Dell and then individually check each part against > the hardware database.
I completely agree with all your arguments. My point is that your solution is a long term one. It depends on demand being there, on hardware vendors to be educated/lobbied/pressured, on both part vendors and part assemblers to use the logos (as a good side effect creating the logo might enforce the existance of Linux/Free OS specialized hardware companies).
This is a good but long term shot. It will take years before such a framework becomes effective for the user.
For example. If I have to buy a laptop today, I will have a hard time finding a computer fully supported under Linux using Free drivers.
Let's say that the laptop of my dreams contains a non supported wifi driver. I already have a supported exteranl Wifi card. In that case, I'd rather pick the tool almost good for the job that shows me as profficient under Linux (non certified), than a fully certified laptop but that doesn't make me as effective.
We probably need both the logo/certification and the centralized hardware database, but the later might be effective sooner.
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