Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st May 2007 23:32 UTC, submitted by SEJeff
Dell has given an overview of what customers can expect from their initial Ubuntu offering. "The default software from the Ubuntu media will be installed on the system, including kernel and applications. The peripheral options offered with Ubuntu will be a subset of what is offered with other operating systems. We're offering the hardware options on each system that have the most mature and stable Linux driver support. These hardware options have been thoroughly tested by the Linux team here at Dell.
We configure/install open source drivers for hardware, when possible. We use partial open-source or closed source ('restricted' in Ubuntu terms) drivers where there is no equivalent open-source driver. This includes Intel wireless cards and Conexant modems."
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Member since:2005-07-02
...which is why I believe the CNR/Ubuntu deal was connected to the Dell/Ubuntu deal. They wanted to get the first one signed before giving the greenlight to the second one, so that Dell Ubuntu users will be able to watch/listen to any media format, as well as play DVDs, all in complete legality.
Member since:2006-02-05
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2006-02-05
I stand corrected. Looking at the site, fluendo offers pretty much the whole pack of microsofts formats legally for linux.
My last post still stands though, and while both this and the linspire dvd player options exist, the standard course used by linux users is to go for w32codecs, MAD, and DeCSS