Comments on: Go Tell Lenovo What Distribution You’d Like On the Thinkpad! http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/08/go-tell-lenovo-what-distribution-youd-like-on-the-thinkpad/ Enhancing your Ubuntu experience! Fri, 11 May 2012 05:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: bochecha http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/08/go-tell-lenovo-what-distribution-youd-like-on-the-thinkpad/#comment-2339 bochecha Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:54:33 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=439#comment-2339 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 ? 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 ?

]]> By: troll http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/08/go-tell-lenovo-what-distribution-youd-like-on-the-thinkpad/#comment-2338 troll Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:43:04 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=439#comment-2338 Argumentum ad populum. Meaningless vote result. Argumentum ad populum. Meaningless vote result.

]]> By: Jeff Schroeder http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/08/go-tell-lenovo-what-distribution-youd-like-on-the-thinkpad/#comment-2337 Jeff Schroeder Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:57:37 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=439#comment-2337 Thanks Chris! Thanks Chris!

]]> By: Trevor Creech http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/08/go-tell-lenovo-what-distribution-youd-like-on-the-thinkpad/#comment-2336 Trevor Creech Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:52:29 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=439#comment-2336 Huzzah! Ubuntu has like 90% of the votes! Huzzah!
Ubuntu has like 90% of the votes!

]]> By: Ed Ad http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/08/go-tell-lenovo-what-distribution-youd-like-on-the-thinkpad/#comment-2335 Ed Ad Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:53:01 +0000 http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/?p=439#comment-2335 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. 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.

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