On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Everaldo Canuto <everaldo.canuto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I know that everybody here loves Linux but theres one difference on Windows > that we can't beat. Most os PC's comes with Windows pre-installed and all > drivers working. > > At least here, when I see Linux preinstalled, most of time is a "obscure" > distribution not well maintained in very old hardware configuration. > > Does't matter the reasons, people get impression that Windows is better > because "it works". Yes, it is a fallacy but a fallacy hard to explain for > people that buy a computer that don't works well because comes with "Linux" > preinstalled. > > What could fix this problem is a restriction on use of Linux trademark. What could fix this is lawyers and accountants and marketers and engineers working together to get a partnership deal with a hardware vendor done. Someone would actually have to convince skeptical managers that there was a business opportunity - a market of buyers that is not being served by Windows machines, Macs, ChromeBooks, tablets and smartphones. I'm guessing the Dell "Sputnik" (laptop with Ubuntu pre-installed) "just works" - if it didn't we'd certainly hear about it on Twitter and in the trade press. I wouldn't buy one because I'm perfectly capable of dual-booting any Linux distro on an inexpensive Windows laptop or installing it to bare metal on a custom-built workstation. I might buy a Fedora laptop if I could get the hardware capacity I need at a price lower than one with Windows pre-installed. -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
