In the last episode, Jeff Rollin wrote: JR> Indeed - and that's even assuming you buy from a shop (that you walk into). JR> Here in the UK, companies that sell preloaded Linux are as rare as hen's JR> teeth, and though I can cope with written German, there are linguistic issues JR> which would be involved if I bought a laptop from Germany and experienced JR> problems - aside from the legal issues which would worry me buying either JR> from there or the States. (What happens if it gets damaged in transit? Would JR> they be liable for not living up to the guarantee? Is there a warranty that JR> covers international customers? If I have to take legal action, where would I JR> file a suit? etc.) Whatever happens, there's very little chance my next JR> laptop purchase won't be made on line, so no liveCD testing possible. JR>
And then there's cases like the one below to consider, where a vendor certifies a computer as being compatible with Linux, but installing Linux voids the guarantee: http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/23/1430204&tid=3&tid=7 Jeff -- For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. Richard Phillips Feynman, American physicist, 11/5/18-15/2/88 -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
