Dell passe à Linux, HP passe la main

Dell et HP sont dans un bateau… et c’est Linux qui sert de moteur… devinez qui tombe à l’eau…? La réponse est simple :

Vu sur le blog de Dell, Direct2Dell :

* More than 70% of survey respondents said they would use a Dell system with a Linux operating system for both home and office use.

* Survey respondents indicated they want a selection of notebook and desktop offerings.

* Majority of survey respondents said that existing community-based support forums would meet their technical support needs for a tested and validated Linux operating system on a Dell system.

* Survey respondents indicated that improved hardware support for Linux is as important as the distribution(s) offered.

Dell also noted that based on comments on the Direct2Dell blog, the majority of users are less concerned about a specific distribution and are more interested in kernel level and open driver support. Dell is working on that as well: for new Linux desktops and notebooks, drivers already in the mainline kernel.org kernels will be used for as many components as possible and will be included in the user’s chosen distribution. As well, where there is a choice, Dell plans to include components with a Free driver as opposed to components with a non-Free driver. Where there are open source drivers, Dell will continue to encourage the development (by all parties) towards open source drivers, but will also provide the closed-source drivers.

:-= En substance, sur plus de 100 000 sondés, 70% souhaitent du linux, avec un support via une communauté existante et un hardware reconnu par la distribution préinstallée. En conséquence de quoi, Dell équipera tous ses notebooks sous Linux des derniers versions de Kernel et optera, dans la mesure du possible et de l’existant, pour des drivers gratuits / open source au détriments des éléments propriétaires… Le tout en encourageant les développeurs et fabricants à se tourner vers les drivers open source…

Dans le meme temps, Niko nous offre la blague du jour : après un soucis de clavier, un possesseur de micro HP ayant installé un OS libre s’est vu refusé la garantie constructeur : Le fait d’installer Linux fais sauter la garantie matériel… un peu comme la Fnac en somme, qui refuse de réparer si on est ni Mac, ni Windows. :-c