On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 08:20 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 6/14/06, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 09:55 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Laurence Orchard wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 08:48 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 22:04 -0700, Hex Star wrote: > > > > > > I don't think that comment about Dell not carring about linux is true: > > > > > > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn > > > > > > > > > > > I have been associated with an organization that only buys Dell > > > > > machines for many years. And our department loads Linux on all our > > > > > machines. I have three Dell machines running Linux at home. > > > > > > > > Did you manage to buy a Dell machine without a Microsoft OS > > > > installed & paid for? If so How? > > > > > > IIRC, you can get some of the dell *servers* with linux. if you're > > > buying a regular desktop or notebook, you *can* get your choice of > > > operating system, as long as it's windows. > > ---- > > ALL Dell servers for the past few years have been certified to work with > > RHEL > > What exactly does "certified to work" mean? If its anything similar > to Microsoft's WHQL certification, then its just a meaningly marketing > effort, and doesn't really guarentee any more than that the drivers > exist and support the hardware. ---- http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/os_certifications?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz I'll let their language speak for itself. They offer various Linux 'pre-installed' on all their PowerEdge servers and support it. Do you want more than that? Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
