Loud ramblings of a Software Artisan

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Saturday 5 August 2006 21:11, by Steven Harms :: site :: #

On a side note, any luck with those Prism54 drivers and WPA?

Saturday 5 August 2006 23:37, by thebluesgnr :: #

They'll probably do what SLED does already.

After you register it a repository from ATI (download.ati.com) is added, making the ATI drivers available. They are installed automatically with the "Desktop Effects" capplet.

Since this will probably have a custom version of SLED, it might be a little smarter and install the drivers automatically from the repository. But I don't think the drivers will ship with the laptop, unless Lenovo reads the GPL differently than Novell.

Sunday 6 August 2006 00:29, by Chris :: site :: #

It certainly doesn't go with "Many developers in the kernel community consider kernel level modules to be subject to the GPL terms. Novell respects this position and has a policy of distributing kernel modules that are compatible with the GPL,"

This sucks.

Sunday 6 August 2006 00:43, by Chris :: site :: #

It comes with ipw3945, too, which is the card that requires a binary-only regulatory daemon running as root. I can't believe this thing ships with proprietary software running as root by default..

Sunday 6 August 2006 01:12, by Bod Gyalo :: #

On the downside sending money Lenovo's way to China helps fund this:

Edit delete link: no politics....

Sunday 6 August 2006 01:37, by Anon :: #

Really, if this makes Lenovo distribute Linux with their Thinkpads, I personally don't care if it's non-free. It's not illegal as long as no-one sues them. ;-)

Wednesday 11 October 2006 21:55, by pengu :: #

"ThinkPad with preloaded Linux" THINKPAD IS NOT PRELOADED WITH LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You buy the laptop with a blank HD, then you have to go and buy Suse from Novel seperatly. Then you install the driver cd that came with the laptop to install extra drivers and the "think technology".

SUSE DOES NOT SHIP WITH THE LAPTOP, in fact Lenovo states clearly that they do NOT support Suse linux, they only support the extra drivers/addons that they provide. Support for Suse will be provided through Novell.

Although this a step forword in the sense that they want to target linux users, (meaning they recognize that there is money in providing for the needs of linux users) it is a long way away from selling computers preloaded with linux. I doubt that you will walk into best buy and see linux on the laptops anytime soon.

(I suspect microsoft "marketing" behind Lenovo not preloading linux)

Wednesday 11 October 2006 22:24, by hub :: #

It is more about not violating the GPL. SuSE decided to not provide any binary driver with their distribution. T60p has both ATI (proprietary) and Atheros wifi. At the time I wrote this post we didn't know how the machine would be delivered... but was already asking myself questions.

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