Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Feb 2009 21:20 UTC
Netbooks have been heralded as the foot in the door for Linux. With the launch of the earliest Eee PC models, Asus made a bold move by only offering them with Linux pre-installed; Microsoft soon responded by working with Asus to bring Windows XP to the next generation Eee PCs. Since then, Windows XP gained market share in the netbook segment rapidly, casting doubts over whether or not netbooks would really turn out to be that foot in the door. HP has today announced that its new HP Mini 1000 netbook will not be available with Linux pre-installed in Europe.
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And they can guarantee that Windows will support all their "peripherals like digicam, scanner, printer, wireless" flawlessly?
Windows Vista nor XP has detected all my hardware I have to hunt for a lot of drivers, I mean almost nothing works out of the box. On the other hand, in Ubuntu all my hardware is supported out of the box, and I can even plug in my cell phone and be automagically mounted and ready to transfer files.
Your argument is flawed. And I don't think HP is doing it because they don't believe in Linux, since they have recently gained an European company that switched from windows to hp and red hat.
RE[2]: HP is absolutely right
by Liquidator on Fri 6th Feb 2009 15:22
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RE: HP is absolutely right
by raver31 on Fri 6th Feb 2009 01:14
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Why would customer purchase linux netbook where HP cannot guarantee that all peripherals like digicam, scanner, printer, wireless etc will work flawlessly on linux netbook.
If someone is going to release any type of computer, they will make sure all the hardware works or they won't be in business for long.
Whereas customer will happily pay 20-40$ more to have peace of mind about working peripherals.
And fanboys creates ghost of virus etc etc. But XP with freeware, yes it is freeware like firefox, AVG, zonealarm, spywareblaster, openoffice, spybot installed garuanteed to be as safe as linux distro.
You get double benefits with XP netbook, 1) almost all of peripherals will work and 2) with above listed freeware your comp is safe. 3) no headachecs of spending hours to tweak printer and scanner and camera and Wireless card...
get some more family /personal life for cost of $20-40...Good for me Good for you
Also FUD... and 5 year old FUD at that, if you are going to spread shit, at least spread FRESH SHIT.
Linux is more compatible with hardware out of the box than Windows is. If you were to do a fresh install on a computer using Windows and Linux, more things would work with Linux than Windows.
And you are well beat if you have no internet connection to get all the drivers for a Windows machine.
Malware is a ghost invented by fanbois ? wow, you really are deluded.
Do everyone a favour and either try an up to date distro like opensuse 11, mandriva 2009 or fedora 10, if not, then NEVER post outdated FUD, it just makes you look retarded.
RE[2]: HP is absolutely right
by WorknMan on Fri 6th Feb 2009 02:54
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Linux is more compatible with hardware out of the box than Windows is. If you were to do a fresh install on a computer using Windows and Linux, more things would work with Linux than Windows.
That doesn't really matter, since you can usually go to a vendor's website and download whatever Windows drivers you need. Or if you're really smart, you'd use driveragent.com and have it scan your machine and then let you download whatever you're missing
Anyway, that's not really a relavent discussion for Netbooks, since you'll probably never be gutting them and replacing the inards.
I think what HP and other Netbook vendors should do is give you the option of Windows or no OS at all, and then just make sure all devices work with the latest Linux kernels. The feedback I have read about most of the bundled Linux distros that come with Netbooks have no been so positive, and most people who know how to use Linux will probably just format the hard drive anyway and install their favorite distro.
RE[2]: HP is absolutely right
by google_ninja on Fri 6th Feb 2009 04:07
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Not to troll or anything, but after installing the windows 7 beta, my wifi worked out of the box. Installing fedora 10, it didn't. Intel 5100 a/g/n. Better then the previous fedora, which choked on formatting my drive at install. And while Intrepid mostly works (with everything important anyways), I spent many, many hours getting WPA2 authentication working in hardy, which was only topped by the amount of time I spent getting VMWare networking to work (absolutely essential for any os I use full time)
Just because you haven't had any problems in five years doesn't mean anyone else hasn't. I tend to keep my hardware up to date, and have repeatedly run into issues in linux because of it. I couldnt even count amount of time I have spent in the last five years troubleshooting linux issues. Sure, it is mostly a hobby thing for me, and I enjoy digging deep into UNIX, so it has been mostly fun. But if you have been fine for the past five years, you have either been extremely lucky, or just not upgraded your hardware.
RE[2]: HP is absolutely right
by Liquidator on Fri 6th Feb 2009 15:21
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RE: HP is absolutely right
by 3rdalbum on Fri 6th Feb 2009 10:02
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<<But XP with freeware, yes it is freeware like firefox, AVG, zonealarm, spywareblaster, openoffice, spybot installed garuanteed to be as safe as linux distro.>>
1. No. You know nothing about security. You know *less than* nothing about security. Computer security is a design process, not a "download lots of software and hope it can delete all the malware as it comes to you" process. Linux has the design, Vista has some design, Windows XP does not. Windows 7 might not unless Microsoft pulls its finger out.
2. Who the hell wants to run AVG, Zonealarm, Spywareblaster and Spybot Search & Destroy on a freaking netbook? That sort of software makes full-spec notebooks sluggish; what do you think it will do to a ultra-cheap netbook?!
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What is the price diff betn XP vs linux preinstalled netbook? maybe 20-40$. And HP or any other mfg is in business of selling more and more netbooks to gain more and more profits.
Why would customer purchase linux netbook where HP cannot guarantee that all peripherals like digicam, scanner, printer, wireless etc will work flawlessly on linux netbook.
Whereas customer will happily pay 20-40$ more to have peace of mind about working peripherals.
And fanboys creates ghost of virus etc etc. But XP with freeware, yes it is freeware like firefox, AVG, zonealarm, spywareblaster, openoffice, spybot installed garuanteed to be as safe as linux distro.
You get double benefits with XP netbook, 1) almost all of peripherals will work and 2) with above listed freeware your comp is safe. 3) no headachecs of spending hours to tweak printer and scanner and camera and Wireless card...
get some more family /personal life for cost of $20-40...Good for me Good for you