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I wonder how many machines Dell is really selling. Or if project Sputnik is more of marketing ploy, to get popular with developers. Linux users are very tough
by macco 9y ago
I wonder how many machines Dell is really selling. Or if project Sputnik is more of marketing ploy, to get popular with developers.
Linux users are very tough customers in my experience.
And the strategy to have plain Ubuntu installed makes them very vulnarable to competitors. The should have developed their own flavor like System76 is doing with PopOS, imo.
- jhasse 9y ago> And the strategy to have plain Ubuntu installed makes them very vulnarable to competitors. The should have developed their own flavor like System76 is doing with PopOS, imo. For me it's a plus, similar to manufacturers shipping stock Android. I'd replace anything pre-installed with Fedora anyway though.
- bevax 9y agoFurthermore, it is a big effort to maintain a distribution, started from maintaining infrastructure, doing QA, especially ensure security, get releases out… while in the end the buyer typically has his own choice (or requirement) of distribution. Therefore, I think it is more then reasonable to pick out one, but also ensure drivers for all the used hardware make it into the kernel.
- swalsh 9y agoI didn't even know System76 existed, this looks exactly like what I wanted when I bought my XPS.
- thomastjeffery 9y ago> And the strategy to have plain Ubuntu installed makes them very vulnarable to competitors. How so? They are selling hardware, not software. Ubuntu is very well-supported.