[KLUG Members] Linux Friendly Hardware Vendors

Adam Tauno Williams adam at morrison-ind.com
Wed Mar 2 16:20:16 EST 2005


> >I am looking for a hardware vendor that sells fully made machines that
> >are friendly with Linux.
> >The machine must have 4 PCI Expansion slots
> >Motherboard/IO controller must work under Linux (with DMA).
> >The computer must have a 1-2yr Warranty
> >My clients would prefer not to have a custom made machine
> >Can anyone recommend a vendor which usually plays well with Linux?
> >(Dell, HP, etc.)
> I know Dell and HP both sell boxes pre-loaded with Linux.

Yep, and they just toss it on there with whatever the distro's defaults
are.  It sucks,  ext3/reiserfs and no LVM.   Better to install yourself.

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