As much of a Big Blue (aka Lenovo) lover that I am, I am following what Dell might end up doing. They are moving into a position that they will sell Dell’s with Linux.

Drivers support would be the first issue on the list and if they can pull this off and actually cover older dell hardware too I might be sold. They do offer some cheaper options, but most of the Dells I have seen seem.. Well yah cheap. I am sure they have some higher end stuff that actually is pretty nice, but for support and dependability I am still sticking with my thinkpads. It never hurts to have more people in the market of Linux support and I would not count out ever getting a Dell if the price was right, the laptop didn’t seem flimsy, and had good Linux support.

The big thing is not so much they have to support it, but they have to start picking hardware that is supported by the community. Also if they partner with RedHat or something and sell the OS with it for $80’s a year I would consider this a step in the right direction but would not be sold on the idea.

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