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Jose Manuel Tella Llop
Before we announce the availability of Ubuntu 7.04 on select Dell client
systems, I'd like to give an overview of what customers can expect from our
initial Ubuntu offering.
Availabile Software and Hardware
a.. The default software from the Ubuntu media will be installed on the
system, including kernel and applications.
b.. 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.
c.. We configure/install open source drivers for hardware, when possible.
d.. 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.
e.. We will have a wiki page on our linux.dell.com website that gives
technical details of the supported systems, information on the device
drivers used for system peripherals, details of our Ubuntu
factory-installation, and information on the problems we found during our
testing, with their fixes/workarounds.
f.. We recommend Linux users buy Dell printers that have PostScript
engines in them. The previous hyperlink lists those printers. You can also
check in the Tech Specs tab for each printer on Dell.com show if it has
PostScript or not.
Software and Hardware Not Offered
a.. For hardware options not offered with this release, we are working
with the vendors of those devices to improve the maturity and stability of
their associated Linux drivers. While this may not happen overnight, we do
expect to have a broader range of hardware support with Linux over time.
b.. At this time, we are not including any support for proprietary audio
or video codecs that are not already distributed with Ubuntu 7.04. These
include MPEG 1/2/3/4, WMA, WMV, DVD, Quicktime, etc. We are evaluating
options for providing this support in the future.
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/21/15563.aspx
systems, I'd like to give an overview of what customers can expect from our
initial Ubuntu offering.
Availabile Software and Hardware
a.. The default software from the Ubuntu media will be installed on the
system, including kernel and applications.
b.. 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.
c.. We configure/install open source drivers for hardware, when possible.
d.. 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.
e.. We will have a wiki page on our linux.dell.com website that gives
technical details of the supported systems, information on the device
drivers used for system peripherals, details of our Ubuntu
factory-installation, and information on the problems we found during our
testing, with their fixes/workarounds.
f.. We recommend Linux users buy Dell printers that have PostScript
engines in them. The previous hyperlink lists those printers. You can also
check in the Tech Specs tab for each printer on Dell.com show if it has
PostScript or not.
Software and Hardware Not Offered
a.. For hardware options not offered with this release, we are working
with the vendors of those devices to improve the maturity and stability of
their associated Linux drivers. While this may not happen overnight, we do
expect to have a broader range of hardware support with Linux over time.
b.. At this time, we are not including any support for proprietary audio
or video codecs that are not already distributed with Ubuntu 7.04. These
include MPEG 1/2/3/4, WMA, WMV, DVD, Quicktime, etc. We are evaluating
options for providing this support in the future.
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/21/15563.aspx