SeanTater
January 4th, 2006, 04:44 PM
In another forum I go to, A community project was preposed, it is for all linux users; it concerns petitioning for linux compatible hardware, and native linux software from proprietary software developers. It has been slightly eduited for the Ubuntu forums.
The Original Post is Here (http://forum.linspire.com/viewtopic.php?p=480885)
Recently, there has been some excellent exchanges about what's holding Linux back from becoming a mainstream operating system.
Two reasons I often read about are:
(1) Lack of Linux drivers for hardware.
and
(2) Lack of Linux versions of popular software.
In PVDL's excellent "Guide to Linux" book he suggests "writing to a CEO of such companies and explaining that you would like to buy their products but cannot as they do not work with Linux" (p. 14). (That book can be found at amazon.com)
Well, why don't we take this a stage further and make this a community project?
If we as a community can send several thousand letters and e-mails I believe we could bring about change.
I have some ideas how we could do this but before writing more I want to see if anyone else is interested?
All comments welcome.
We are trying to plan headquarters at this moment.. You are invited to participate here (Of Course), and/or Here (http://forum.linspire.com/viewtopic.php?p=480885)..
The Original Post is Here (http://forum.linspire.com/viewtopic.php?p=480885)
Recently, there has been some excellent exchanges about what's holding Linux back from becoming a mainstream operating system.
Two reasons I often read about are:
(1) Lack of Linux drivers for hardware.
and
(2) Lack of Linux versions of popular software.
In PVDL's excellent "Guide to Linux" book he suggests "writing to a CEO of such companies and explaining that you would like to buy their products but cannot as they do not work with Linux" (p. 14). (That book can be found at amazon.com)
Well, why don't we take this a stage further and make this a community project?
If we as a community can send several thousand letters and e-mails I believe we could bring about change.
I have some ideas how we could do this but before writing more I want to see if anyone else is interested?
All comments welcome.
We are trying to plan headquarters at this moment.. You are invited to participate here (Of Course), and/or Here (http://forum.linspire.com/viewtopic.php?p=480885)..