Comments on: Everex: Could It Be What Dell Should Have Been? http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/04/19/everex-could-it-be-what-dell-should-have-been/ Keeping you in the loop with up-to-date Linux news. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: TK http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/04/19/everex-could-it-be-what-dell-should-have-been/#comment-4526 TK Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:51:02 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=249#comment-4526 Everex is going to do what it needs to sell computers, not necessarily an OS. For us GNU/Linux aficionados, that doesn't sit very well but a company has to follow the money. A couple of years ago, that meant barely offering Linux. Today, that usually means offering Winders and Linux side-by-side ... of sorts since some companies still hide it in the back room. :| I do foresee Linux getting more and more prominent display as companies begin finding ways to leverage Linux and put it in the hands of consumers (not just the enterprise, thank you!). Concerning the DVI port, it would be pretty simple to include a DVI-VGA adapter, but I don't know if there is an extra cost for doing so. Digital Display Working Group's site says using the DVI specs is royalty-free. Everex is going to do what it needs to sell computers, not necessarily an OS. For us GNU/Linux aficionados, that doesn’t sit very well but a company has to follow the money. A couple of years ago, that meant barely offering Linux. Today, that usually means offering Winders and Linux side-by-side … of sorts since some companies still hide it in the back room. :|

I do foresee Linux getting more and more prominent display as companies begin finding ways to leverage Linux and put it in the hands of consumers (not just the enterprise, thank you!).

Concerning the DVI port, it would be pretty simple to include a DVI-VGA adapter, but I don’t know if there is an extra cost for doing so. Digital Display Working Group’s site says using the DVI specs is royalty-free.

]]> By: jan http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/04/19/everex-could-it-be-what-dell-should-have-been/#comment-4441 jan Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:29:13 +0000 http://www.linuxloop.com/news/?p=249#comment-4441 KEEP THE DVI-Port! Or have DVI and VGA, or DVI + VGA-Adapter. It's the present and the future. VGA is for CRT and old equipment, but there's no reason to keep it other then for compatibility. KEEP THE DVI-Port! Or have DVI and VGA, or DVI + VGA-Adapter. It’s the present and the future. VGA is for CRT and old equipment, but there’s no reason to keep it other then for compatibility.

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