From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: walter harms Subject: Re: Take ACER Off your Linux-Friendly List Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:38:19 +0200 Message-ID: <4A71CC7B.20709@bfs.de> References: <4A710CCA.7000907@kd4e.com> <8ea83f40907291943v41f90ab3h9cea4f07c2ef0cb2@mail.gmail.com> <4A711B58.2060605@kd4e.com> <4A716E28.5070204@bfs.de> <4A71D3FC.4060507@kd4e.com> Reply-To: wharms@bfs.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4A71D3FC.4060507@kd4e.com> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: doc@kd4e.com Cc: Linux Hams 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 >