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they provide an iso that will Just Work(tm) on their 13 inch ultrabook today. They look nice, maybe you should get one.
by krakensden 14y ago
they provide an iso that will Just Work(tm) on their 13 inch ultrabook today.
They look nice, maybe you should get one.
- acabal 14y agoYeah but that's the problem... I don't want a special mystery Dell ISO, I want to use stock Ubuntu and have it Just Work. Using Dell's ISO locks you in to that certain image (upgrades are very likely dependent on Dell), it locks you in to Dell support (good luck posting in the Ubuntu forums about your super-special Dell ISO), and it almost certainly means they're not contributing back to the OSS community (though that's not so much a pain point as it is a general gripe).
- Ralith 14y agoWhy do you assume it's so "super-special"? I doubt they'd have the rights to call it Ubuntu if it didn't have the standard package manager configuration pulling updates from Canonical.
- fierarul 14y agoThe OP's argument is precisely about the fact that they shouldn't provide any ISO at all! Just make sure your ultrabook is Ubuntu-certified or something and let people install the official version.
- glesica 14y agoThey could just get the hardware Ubuntu certified, literally. It might actually cost Dell less, too. Of course everyone wants their own "ecosystem", so maybe they'd rather just lose the customers if they can't lock them in. http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/ http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/