comp.os.linux.networking

Stefan Monnier writes:

>> The first part of the document covered “features not supported.” Some of
>> those features are:

>> * ThinkVantage Active Protection System.

>I guess this is the hard-disk-head protection system that uses
>accelerometers to lift the heads in case of a fall.

>> * ThinkVantage Access Connections for SUSE Linux
>> * ThinkPad Configuration for SUSE Linux
>> * ThinkPad Power Manager for SUSE Linux

>These all sound like software-addons that are usually distributed with
>Thinkpad machines. I do not care for them.

>> * Wireless WAN Adapter

>Do not confuse this with wifi: this is the cell-phone-like technology
>(EVDO or somesuch). That's a bummer if you bought a machine with such
>a WWAN card and you could use it (i.e. you have access to a provider to
>which you could connect, and you're willing to pay for the corresponding
>service). I don't know what percentage of the Rxx line are sold with
>such a card, but I'd expect it to be a minority.

>> * ThinkVantage Button

>Yes, one of the special buttons doesn't do anything rather than launch
>the aforementioned ThinkVantage applications.

>> * (Intel Graphics System) DVI Output "

>Note that the machine does not have a DVI connector: you need an
>additional mini-dock to get access to the DVI output. But yes, this is
>a bummer as well.

>> WTF?

>Obviously, they didn't spend much time tailoring SUSE to their machine.

>> Only in the Linux world is this acceptable, and from a top tier company
>> like Lenovo?

How is this "in the Linux world"? This is a big company who has installed
Linux and which has proprietary items which the company has not bothered to
support. This says nothing about Linux but a lot about Lenovo. How do you
think hardware gets supported under any OS? The hardware manufacturer gets
off its ass and provides the support.



>In the GNU/Linux world, any movement from a large company i nsupport of
>Free Software is good. Even when it's just "lip service".


> Stefan