full-disclosure - [OT] Re: lame bitching about xpsp2

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From: bkfsec at sdf.lonestar.org (Barry Fitzgerald)
Subject: [OT] Re: lame bitching about xpsp2

KF_lists wrote:

>
>> OK - put your money where your mouth is.  Pretend I'm a consumer.   I 
>> have 2000 USD to spend and want a good PC with a good warranty with 
>> GNU/Linux on it.  Find me a link to a major OEM that will ship me a 
>> PC within those specs with decent hardware and a generally recognized 
>> name (Dell, Gateway, HP, IBM...).
>> The PC must be listed as a desktop system and must be easy to find.
>>
>> That's your assignment.  That's the way that you can prove your 
>> point, and it's the only way.
>> If the situation is as you claim it is, that should take you no less 
>> than 3 minutes.  The clock is ticking...
>
>
> Took me all of about 30 seconds...
>
> http://linux.dell.com/desktops.shtml
>
> -KF
>
>
 From the site:

" Dell does not officially support running Linux on Dell desktops."

Try again -- this didn't meet my criteria and thus would not be 
available for an average user.  No warranty and no support turns this 
into a no-go for Ma and Pa Kettle.

             -Barry