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All true, still I was glad to find that Ubuntu 'certified' compatibility with the Dell M6800, which gave me the confidence that I could install pretty much any
by guenthert 6y ago
All true, still I was glad to find that Ubuntu 'certified' compatibility with the Dell M6800, which gave me the confidence that I could install pretty much any 'desktop' Linux distribution.
Likewise a local dealer (CentralComputers) offers servers with "Linux" pre-installed (used to be free, now they charge a modest fee for it) option. I dimly recall that to be RedHat (might have been CentOS), we put Debian on it. Still, it's better than the 'bare-bone' option, as it gives you the confidence that Linux (it's almost exclusively the kernel which matters here after all) will run and that the machine does boot (otherwise not guaranteed with such customized computers).
- ChuckNorris89 6y ago>Ubuntu 'certified' compatibility That certification is edging on snakeoil(or dare I say bullshit) at this point. Pretty much any laptop with integrated graphics(no nvidia) and no fancy rare hardware parts will run most distros with a recent kernel perfectly.
- rbanffy 6y ago> Pretty much any laptop with integrated graphics(no nvidia) and no fancy rare hardware parts will run most distros with a recent kernel perfectly. Indeed. You need to try really hard to screw yourself into Linux-incompatible hardware. And you'll end up paying more for it.
- technion 6y agoI've had HP refuse to replace a blown power supply because the installed OS wasn't supported. The Ubuntu certification gives the value that you won't get stuck with .. that.