Dell asks: 'What Linux flavor do you want?'
After their IdeaStorm survey to gather customer feedback, and with the resounding call for Linux on Dell notebooks (and desktops), Dell is now asking what Linux flavor customer wants?
I think Dell would be better off coming up with different offerings, and become OS-agnostic. Then again, there are support costs involved (even if there are available community support infrastructures for one's OS of choice), but the idea is to fit the product to the customer's requirements. For example, for a Windows user who wants to make the shift to Linux, Dell with Ubuntu would be great. For experienced Linux users (from basic to intermediate), there should be choices between Fedora Core, Ubuntu or OpenSuse.
(I did not add the "paid" Linux variants, but those are better for corporate accounts, I guess.)
[Update] Here's an even better idea: Dell should ensure that their hardware works with the kernel (and xorg, at least) out of the box.
I think Dell would be better off coming up with different offerings, and become OS-agnostic. Then again, there are support costs involved (even if there are available community support infrastructures for one's OS of choice), but the idea is to fit the product to the customer's requirements. For example, for a Windows user who wants to make the shift to Linux, Dell with Ubuntu would be great. For experienced Linux users (from basic to intermediate), there should be choices between Fedora Core, Ubuntu or OpenSuse.
(I did not add the "paid" Linux variants, but those are better for corporate accounts, I guess.)
[Update] Here's an even better idea: Dell should ensure that their hardware works with the kernel (and xorg, at least) out of the box.
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