Please fill out the form to help linux come on Alienware:

http://www.alienware.com/Surveys/AlienSurv...?Id=29607129825

Anybody? It is important to support Linux every time large manufacturers ask us.

they wouldnt make any money on it so why would dell/alienware sell thier machines with it?

especially when they make a killing on windows oem installs.

they ENCOURAGE you to change your OS, as I have an alienware myself.

go and ask for yourself, get your agentID card call them up and ask, they will say no problems but be sure to have your original hd with original windows install for when you ever need to return it for repair.

if you send it back to them with linux on it, they will just send it back to you.

-D-

That would be one more reason to have Linux officially supported.

Why would someone buy a gaming computer with linux anyhow?

How about installing Windows in another partition?
Many Linux users love powerful hardware anyway. I am one of them.

Personally, I don't like Alienware that much. Not that they are computers that don't perform, but it's just the persona and essence of the company. They keep making those ugly designs and then go out with their fanboys making fun of simple, effective and clean designs. I'd never buy one of those computers ever, but I did answer the survey for the Linux community.

I agree, absolutely. Personally I tend to use cases which have a design which is as simple and as clean as possible.



My feelings, exactly. The more manufacturers adopt Linux, the better the chance that Linux becomes mainstream.
Another reason why I wouldn't buy an Alienware is because their upgrades are very expensive, even more expensive than the Apple ones.

Alessandro, you are right when you say their upgrades are worse (price-wise) than Apple's. I used to own their light and portable laptop before they discontinued it and I called them up for upgrade prices. The rep told me the price and all I could say was 'Are you f@$#ing kidding me?'. But they are nice computers. Well I'm not big on the new designs. Too out-there for me. But a few years back I loved the designs they had, with the glowing alien eyes on the back of the screen that changed color depending on how charged your battery was. That was some badass design right there.

Already took the survey on the suse forums

I use linux but to have it on a machine sold for gaming seems ridiculous.

Not all Alienware are very high end machines. Their cheapest desktop here in Europe sells for £652 (Euro 823.183), which is the price of mid to low end computers.
Similarly their cheapest notebook sells for £906 (Euro 1,143.87), less than a 2.4GHz MacBook.

Besides I strongly disagree with the old prejudice that Linux deserves only el cheapo hardware.

Also, it is not totally true that Linux has very few high-quality and commercially-supported games:

http://www.linuxgamingworld.com/

http://www.happypenguin.org/