OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/19149/Lenovo_Finally_Delivers_SUSE_Linux-Based_ThinkPads Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:16:51 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com that's listening to your customers .. ! http://osnews.com/thread?295542 http://osnews.com/thread?295542 http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=98

so .. they want SLED .. they'll get SLED.

don't forget to take your time to participate in future Lenovo polls .. those weight really heavy on the decision made upon their costumers product line!

yeah .. right ... Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gnemmi) Comments Eventually! http://osnews.com/thread?295546 http://osnews.com/thread?295546 But I would replace it with openSUSE, which of course should work fine, but is more up-to-date and more flexible.Edited 2008-01-12 23:11 UTC Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous Penguin) Comments RE: that's listening to your customers .. ! http://osnews.com/thread?295572 http://osnews.com/thread?295572
http://lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=98


Just an observation. The results of that poll, and most other indicators that I run accross, bear a *lot* more resemblance to the numbers on Google Trends than to the hits per day figures at distrowatch. Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments RE[2]: that's listening to your customers .. ! http://osnews.com/thread?295581 http://osnews.com/thread?295581 uhm ... my point was that nobody voted for SLED (only 311 votes .. whereas FreeBSD, which is not even a linux distro, got 1500!) ...

so .. why asking you potential clients what they want if your going to do what you want anyway?

so much for making a poll ... Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gnemmi) Comments RE: Eventually! http://osnews.com/thread?295597 http://osnews.com/thread?295597
But I would replace it with openSUSE, which of course should work fine, but is more up-to-date and more flexible.


We're talking Lenovo Thinkpad here, which is mostly a business line of laptops. Its users are likely to prefer more thoroughly tested distros than the latest Compiz-Fusion plugin.

I'd have rather seen RHEL on it myself, but it is rather clear that Lenovo has no intention to load non-MS-approved distributions. Most commonly mentioned examples of which are Xandros (of every Eee PC, a few bucks of MS-tax go to Redmond) and SLE (same story, I suspect). Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (h3rman) Comments RE[3]: that's listening to your customers .. ! http://osnews.com/thread?295607 http://osnews.com/thread?295607 My observation was a general one, and not really directed at you. Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments RE[2]: Eventually! http://osnews.com/thread?295621 http://osnews.com/thread?295621 In that case, I guess we have Dell to thank for selling laptops that include a distro untouched by the evil Microsoft (shun! shuuuuun!) Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DigitalAxis) Comments A great laptop, but..... http://osnews.com/thread?295628 http://osnews.com/thread?295628 A T61p using Linux? Seriously? This model is meant to be a mobile workstation, designed for graphics and design professionals using CAD and such. The plain T61 is the mobile office-jockey/road dog series used primarily for those who need email and excel duty. Are there even any supported video drivers to properly handle the pro-series chipsets...ie. Quadro? This is like putting an 84 Escort engine in a Mustang.

All things considered, though. SLES installed probably still makes for a better business decision than pre-installing Vista. For every T61p we get in the office, there's a smile every time we re-image it back to XP Pro. Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Phloptical) Comments RE[3]: that's listening to your customers .. ! http://osnews.com/thread?295744 http://osnews.com/thread?295744 Is there a license cost for including Suse on the hardware? The main issue with buying hardware preinstalled with VistaXP is paying for the license. Even if it's only 40$ OEM cost, I prefer not to premote MS business practices.

If the cost of getting the hardware with Suse preinstalled is, well, the same cost for me to download Suse then I have no problem with whatever libre licensed OS they put on it since it'll get a fresh install on delivery anyhow.

Heck, most businesses use there own images so buy the hardware without the Windows tax. In bulk hardware purchases, that could be a noticeable savings.

Either way, let's just be happy that another big brand hardware company offers a choice outside of "do you want Vista, or Vista Ultimate?" Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jabbotts) Comments dreaming http://osnews.com/thread?296034 http://osnews.com/thread?296034 How much sleep do you guys lose fretting about Linux distros, and which one should go in which PC or laptop? When will you realized that you have no voice, business is business and they will do wjhat makes them money, not what you think is best. You guys are jusy wasting your breath and time. Sleep away and you be better off.

Listen to the lack of sense of one of the posters. No one will buy Photoshop if it doesn't offer way many more features than GIMP. First, it alread does, plus, Photoshop sells really well amongst people that spends money on software. Let's face FSF fans, all you want is free stuff. Remember Russia? All their stuf was cheap or free, but in the end it was all garbage!

You want a free ride, get on the back of the bus! Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ecruz) Comments