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Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:41:57 +0100
From: "John P. Looney" <valen@tuatha.org>
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Subject: Re: [ILUG] Dell GX260 V Redhat 7.3
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On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 09:28:57AM +0100, Hunt, Bryan mentioned:
> I'm not knocking dell in general, my next machine is going to be a dell.
> But buying a random dell box is likely to result in much tearing out of
> hair. 

 Buying any new machine is going to cause problems with a six month old
set of drivers. Same happens in windows - you have to go get your drivers.

 Yes, dell use the most recent stuff they can, to save money. That's not a
bad thing. Just a bad thing for those that hope a distro will work out of
the box.

Kate


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