Dell's 'BlackTop' is Based on SLED 10: Does Dell Pay Microsoft for GNU/Linux?
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2008-08-14 11:49:22 UTC
Modified: 2008-08-14 11:49:54 UTC
Dell has begun booting GNU/Linux 'by default' on many of its new laptops. However, it was disappointing to find this information in an article which looks at Dell's exciting new technology:
The OS itself is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10...
That's not how GNU/Linux is supposed to happen and its adoption come about. As the Infinite Hands song goes, there's no room for Microsoft, for SCO, or for anybody else to control, to charge and to manipulate GNU/Linux. They sure will try. It's a form of market distortion. Novell welcomes this distortion. Maybe it's part of a plan. ⬆
Alyssa Rosenzweig is the graphics witch behind the reverse-engineered drivers for the Apple GPU. She previously led Panfrost, the free drivers for Arm Mali GPUs powering devices like the Pinebook Pro. She graduated in 2023 with a Computer Science degree from the University of Toronto and now writes free software full-time.
Now we have a project started primarily by Red Hat (and managed by Microsoft GitHub, which is proprietary) being managed by Microsoft and primarily serving Microsoft and IBM