Re: [SLUG] Recommendations - Laptop / Notebook Running Linux(RH62)

[Matt Allen <Matt@nospam.LinuxWorx.com.au>]

Hi Jon,

Came riddled with the EvilWare, but can boot off the CD-ROM ... problem
solved 
:)

Aparantly they *do* ship with RH on certain models now.

Matta

Jon Biddell wrote:
> 
> At 07:23 PM 5/30/00, Matt Allen wrote:
> >Gday
> >
> >I have a Dell Inspiron 3700 running RH6.2 which was upgraded from 6.1.
> >Works like a dream ! Dell released drivers for the 10/100 3com network
> >card and the funky on-board sound.
> 
> <much snipping>
> 
> Did you purchase this with EvilWare and blow it away, or with Linux (or no
> OS ?)
> 
> I was about to plonk down a sizable slab of discretionary income for a
> Gateway 9300XLS (15.3" screen, 18Gb HD, 256Mb RAM) and had an argument with
> them about the old Windows licencing agreement - their comment was that
> it's too hard, and removing Windows would only drop $10 off the price
> because of their licencing agreement with TSOS (The Spawn Of Satan).
> 
> I was, on a matter of principle and because I refused to accept the licence
> agreement, prepared to accept the miniscule reduction in price, but the
> Gateway store at Castle Hill wouldn't hear of it. When I told them that
> they had just blown an $8k+ sale (and even showed them the $$$ to prove it
> !!), they had the hide to say "... your attitude is wrong - all you Linux
> nuts are the same, you want something for nothing".. How he reached that
> conclusion is still a mystery.
> 
> Jon

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