5 Responses to “Go Tell Lenovo What Distribution You’d Like On the Thinkpad!”

1. Ed Ad on September 8th, 2007 1:53 pm

   It is being dugg:
   http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/Lenovo_Interested_in_Linux_Opens_Poll_for_Distro

   If gets the frontpage, then the digg ubuntu army will vote for sure.

2. Trevor Creech on September 8th, 2007 2:52 pm

   Huzzah!
   Ubuntu has like 90% of the votes!

3. Jeff Schroeder on September 8th, 2007 5:57 pm

   Thanks Chris!

4. troll on September 9th, 2007 4:43 am

   Argumentum ad populum. Meaningless vote result.

5. bochecha on September 9th, 2007 9:54 am

   I am a Fedora User, and you know what ? I didn’t vote for Fedora ?

   Why ? Because right before I clicked the “Fedora” option, I saw this one :
   “Anyone that refuses to carry binary-only drivers, so that all others will also benefit, as it will require documented hardware”

   And then I thought “Hey ! What is the most important ? That the ditro I love can beat every other one ? Or that free software wins ?”

   Here is the point : ATI closed drivers suck. Nvidia ones are great, but they are closed-source, and thus not “ethical”. My idea is that my computer should be able to run only free software if I choose to. And this is only possible with fully compatible hardware.

   And really, having a preinstalled distro is nearly as bad as having a preinstall Windows. You know that after 6 months with your brand new DistroX-powered laptop, you’ll just format and then install the new release of “DistroX”. So what was the point with having a preinstalled DistroX over a preinstalled DistroY ?

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