Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 25th Nov 2007 23:05 UTC, submitted by jello
Members of the Linux community have complained that the hot new sub-notebook from Asus, the eeePC, may have violated the spirit of the Linux General Public License. Some Linux advocates claim the eeePC has not included required source code with the installed Xandros Linux distribution and does not easily enable users to install another distro. However, there are indications that eeePC fans probably don't care.
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2006-01-26
Yeah, this is simply Asus being incompetent.
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It's quite possible that getting the proper source code on their website got bungled in their rush to get the machine out it time for the holidays.
As an ASUS customer for many years, I can attest that their support and website quality has degraded a lot since I first started purchasing their products in the mid-90s.
These days, finding stuff on their website is painful, or simply impossible. I have found newer BIOS updates, manuals, and drivers for their motherboards in places other than their downloads section. That is ridiculous. Sometimes you have to go to their non-US website to find the right stuff. Clearly they don't put enough effort into their website and support any longer.