> When I get a box I don't want any of that integrated chipset crap 
> whether its for winblows or linux. Its just like IBM (mwave 
Then buy a Dimension. The alternative is there.
 
> However if you want that box for linux and you have a life 
> and you dont
> want to spend a week of it fucking arround and googling to 
> get that box
> working properly be damned sure you do your research before 
> you buy it.
Absolutely, to buy a machine and hope later that linux will take to it is
beyond naive. There is a lot of support, mailing lists, web sites, etc that
will help people decide if Linux is going to like a box or not, use them.> (without a net connection/56k modem). And the machine has got 
> this crap
> windoze
> only hardware and eventually you shrug in frustration and they say 
Or its a television set with one of those wireless keyboards :)> When Dell were squabbling with Windows and it looked as 
I must have misssed that bit ? I don't recall any "squabble" with Microsoft
when Dell decided to expand their product range to include RH.> a Dell/Redhat alliance my Inspiron 4000 was produced ... it 
There *IS* a Dell/Redhat alliance. It lead to a shocking amount of Dell
systems being easily configurable with RHL.> now that dell doesn't give a shit about linux all their new 
> cheap boxes are
> linux 
> incompatable in small ways.
You make it sound that incompatibility has been deliberately built into the
new systems. The products that any company sell with linux installed will be
easily reinstalled with linux. The products sold with Windows only may not
be. Having said that I've never found a Dell system it was impossible to put
RH on. I have had one or two headaches in the past doing it, though.steve
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