From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HX1VB-0007j8-U0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:45:46 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l2TKiBNE031220; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:44:11 GMT Received: from mx.slightlyderanged.net (mx.slightlyderanged.net [69.28.168.146]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l2TKcFGa024162 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:38:15 GMT Received: by mx.slightlyderanged.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5143817401C; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:38:14 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:38:13 -0700 From: Richard Cox To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Eez a byootiful dai todai Message-ID: <20070329203813.GA17467@cortana.slightlyderanged.net> References: <200703291049.03761.jeff.rollin@gmail.com> <20070329120550.d98fc758.hilse@web.de> <200703291143.23327.jeff.rollin@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200703291143.23327.jeff.rollin@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: ed006b28-8e64-44bb-a479-0bfb1cf1dcb0 X-Archives-Hash: 5eb82aa1bc9fbb923520123ca222f1e0 On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:43:22AM +0100, Jeff Rollin wrote: > So, preinstalled Linux is not important to you? Mind explaining why? I'd have to say its definatly not important to me. As it is, I never use a 'generic' install, so I wouldn't want to have a preinstalled version. Just means that there are going to be a bunch of factory default root passwords out there coming off the Dell assembly line. (I guess they could randomize it or prompt for a new password on first boot, but my guess is they won't). So being that this is a Gentoo list, I'm going to go with a guess that nobody on here has the same install between them, because.. well its Gentoo :) And second have you bought a windows machine from DELL anytime recently, they load them full of their crap and you pretty much have to do a fresh install anyways to get rid of it. I'm willing to bet they'll do the same to Linux preinstall as well. Would I like to see Linux prosper, sure. This may even be a good step for it, but its not really relevent to this list. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list