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. ⬆
Garrett was the first person to face sanctions (like muting) in our IRC channels because of his abuse; worse yet, he hijacked other people's names and then locked them out of their own accounts
People creating their own platforms means progress, whereas centralisation (like moving from blogs to social control media) is the opposite of progress
If it was googlebot, it would be possible to argue that you'd at least then get referral traffic from Google Search. With LLMs, all you get is plagiarised.