Re: Take ACER Off your Linux-Friendly List

[walter harms <wharms@bfs.de>]

kd4e schrieb:
> I don't give up quite that easily - but Acer should not be off the hook for
> being so lazy and unhelpful toward Linux users.
> 

goto tuxmobil.org
add a section Acer Aspire 5535

say: no way since prop. driver are needed, what ever happend to you.

tuxmobil is the major source for people interessted in buying a notebook,
it has good google ranking, etc. that hurts.

re,
 wh

> 
>>> Acer chooses with whom they sign contracts for sub-devices like wireless
>>> nics.  If they had insisted on nics with Linux drivers they would have
>>> received them.  Other companies have.  I already own Linux-friendly
>>> b/g/n devices, so it is nothing bleeding-edge to do so.
>>>
>>> There are drivers out there for Atheros b/g/n nics but I don't have the
>>> time to chase them down and fuss with Alpha drivers - this laptop was
>>> to be a productivity tool - right now it's a defective piece of
>>> hardware.
>>>
>>> Since I told the salesman it was for Linux and was not warned it was
>>> non-Linux compatible they will get it back.
>>>
>>> Manufactures need to stop wasting the time of customers and give
>>> us what we want - in this economy customers are getting harder to
>>> find - and Linux use is growing like crazy.
>>>
>>
>> send it back because you can not use it
>> most people i know simply use a usb-stick (or a boot-cd)
>> and buy only computer that work.
>>
>> re,
>>  wh
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