From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: kd4e Subject: Re: Take ACER Off your Linux-Friendly List Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:10:20 -0500 Message-ID: <4A71D3FC.4060507@kd4e.com> References: <4A710CCA.7000907@kd4e.com> <8ea83f40907291943v41f90ab3h9cea4f07c2ef0cb2@mail.gmail.com> <4A711B58.2060605@kd4e.com> <4A716E28.5070204@bfs.de> Reply-To: doc@kd4e.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4A716E28.5070204@bfs.de> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: wharms@bfs.de, Linux Hams 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. >> 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 -- Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E FS/Swap/Wanted: http://kd4e.com/swapn.html Free OS : http://www.PuppyLinux.com Personal: http://kd4e.com |_|___|_| | | & | | /\ {| / \ {| / \ {| / @ \ {| | |~_|~~~~| | -| | | ============\ # KD4E Have an http://ultrafidian.com day!