"Finally. For years, the holy grail of the Linux desktop has been to get a major computer vendor to commit to preloading a Linux desktop. It finally happened. On August 4th, we found out that Lenovo Group, the company that has taken over IBM's Personal Computing Division, had made a deal with Novell to preload SLED 10 on its ThinkPad T60p mobile workstation. For the first time, a major OEM has committed to preloading a Linux desktop."
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Member since:2005-10-21
if you are getting binary drivers , binary software , you CAN GET VIRUS AND SPYWARE !!! if you want binary drivers , there is nothing stopping introducing virus , trojan's , etc into your computer.
And by that logic, if I use a binary distribution or install binaries from repositories, I CAN GET VIRUS AND SPYWARE! So do I have install everything (as in LFS) from source?
dont need linux here , that are several open free operating systems
OK, I can't counter that. Yeah, freedom of choice 
i dont mean to be mis interpreted , i like ppl using linux and everything , and i help alot of ppl using linux. but making it so comercial will get it into trouble.
So for you, the investments and contributions of companies like IBM, Novell, Red Hat, Canonical and others are pointless because they are making Linux so commercial?
like a hollywood comercial movie ... even based on the finest book story , it will always be crap. ( ok , weird analogy )
Harsh generalization
Member since:2006-07-15
And by that logic, if I use a binary distribution or install binaries from repositories, I CAN GET VIRUS AND SPYWARE! So do I have install everything (as in LFS) from source?
well , yes and no.
no , because the binaries are signed and you can check the source of those binaries. so you have a binary , but you also have the source
yes , if the server has been compromised , and the binary you are getting does not represent the source of the program you are suposed to get.
please , tellme something .... can you read binary ? no one can ... if noone knows what the piece of code does , how can you be sure that its not a virus ?
So for you, the investments and contributions of companies like IBM, Novell, Red Hat, Canonical and others are pointless because they are making Linux so commercial?
again , please , things arent always black and white.
depends on the contributions. if can be contributions with the intention of helping , or can be contributions with an agenda. see how in the current gnome area , the various companies are all pushing for their own agenda (mono ,java , c ) ( i can be wrong about this , please , if i am wrong , i just mentioned this to make a point )
of course , the contribution with the intent of helping is great and most welcomed
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2006-07-15
but ... please , do you understand that :
Because even intermidiate users doesn't want to run mandatory anti-virus, anti-spyware apps?
if you are getting binary drivers , binary software , you CAN GET VIRUS AND SPYWARE !!! if you want binary drivers , there is nothing stopping introducing virus , trojan's , etc into your computer.
Because users will find Linux better/easier to use if hardware drivers are readily available
but that doesnt make hardware readily available !there are lot of companies that just release one driver and then stop ! and when users ask for a driver they just say : " it works with kernel 2.6.8 and with redhat 9". then there is the drivers that are slow to release ( ati ) and have bugs all the time.
Because I'm financially-challenged but doesn't want to resort to piracy?
dont need linux here , that are several open free operating systems
i dont mean to be mis interpreted , i like ppl using linux and everything , and i help alot of ppl using linux. but making it so comercial will get it into trouble.
( how weird that in the early years , every linux fan said that linux was better because if didnt have to be backward compatible and support alot of old bugs , and not , ppl want a stable api ?!? )
like a hollywood comercial movie ... even based on the finest book story , it will always be crap. ( ok , weird analogy )
Edited 2006-08-05 16:52