ROFL, Linux distributors can't even decide on what desktop engine or disk format they want to use, now there may be a whole new license that fragments things even further. If Red Hat could provide enough dollars to Dell to provide the needed customer support it would start shipping today. Fact is, they can't, there's just not enough interest in paying for desktop Linux to pay Dell costs to support it. Wake up to the actual issues or admit you don't understand them.
^^^^^^^^^^^Linux distributors can't even decide on what desktop engine or disk format they want to use^^^^^^^^^^^^
They don't have to. Just because there's choice doesn't make any of it hard to use.
Which is why I mentioned Red Hat. They have a well rounded package that's easy to use.
^^^^^^^^^^^If Red Hat could provide enough dollars to Dell to provide the needed customer support it would start shipping today.^^^^^^^^^^^^
Apparently that's not all that's needed seeing how much time Dell's putting into finding out about the clamor for linux that's out there. HP too.
^^^^^^^^^^^^Fact is, they can't, there's just not enough interest in paying for desktop Linux to pay Dell costs to support it.^^^^^^^^^^
You act as if linux requires alot of support and maintenance.
We're not talking about Windows here, Linux lasts alot longer than a week before you run into problems. Anyone who's run a Mac knows how long linux will last before you run into a problem.(even if you've not used linux long term, these systems just don't break often)
Dell doesn't need nearly as much green to support linux as it does to support windows.
^^^^^^^^^^If Red Hat could provide enough dollars to Dell to provide the needed customer support it would start shipping today.^^^^^^^^^
Red Hat probably doesn't need to do such a thing.
Linux, like Mac os, doesn't break very often. And Dell probably isn't going to want to ship two identically equipped(hardware wise) machines at different price points.
Dell could recoup those support dollars through the reduced cost of the OS itself.