Another Look At Linux Netbook Return Statistics (bMighty.com) [LWN.net]

Another Look At Linux Netbook Return Statistics (bMighty.com)

Posted Apr 10, 2009 1:05 UTC (Fri) by nirik (subscriber, #71)
Parent article: Another Look At Linux Netbook Return Statistics (bMighty.com)

>The take away for OEMs is this...they need to actually spend money doing >their own QA and customization work to make sure the functionality of >linux based devices they are offering meet the expectations of their users.

Thats where I think the netbook folks are failing now. They are starting to put some paltry amount of people and money into their customized distros, but thats not the solution they should be trying for. Instead, I think they should work with existing established distros that have a following and active community and get the things they need merged there.

No offense, but all the custom netbook distros I have seen suffer from:
- No support channels at all
- No community support because it's all being made behind closed doors
- No updates or ability for community to participate.

If they would work within existing communities I think they could have something thats better supported, long lasting and something their users would be happy with.

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