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Moshe Goldfarb.
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:32:28 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Foxconn deliberately sabotaging their BIOS to destroy Linux ACPI
>>>
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>>> | Complained to the Federal Trade Commission
>>> |
>>> | http://www.ftc.gov
>>> |
>>> | Foxconn
>>> | 458 E. Lambert Road Fullerton
>>> | Fullerton, CA
>>> | 92835
>>> |
>>> | FOXCONN PHONE NUMBER: 714-871-9968
>>> |
>>> | Company sold me a computer motherboard, model G33M-S, claiming that it
>>> | was compliant with ACPI versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0.
>>> |
>>> | Linux and FreeBSD do not work with this motherboard due to it's ACPI
>>> | configuration, using a disassembler program, I have found that it
>>> | detects Linux specifically and points it to bad DSDT tables, thereby
>>> | corrupting it's hardware support, changing this and setting the system
>>> | to override the BIOS ACPI DSDT tables with a customized version that
>>> | passes the Windows versions to Linux gives Linux ACPI support stated on
>>> | the box, I am complaining because I feel this violates an anti-trust
>>> | provision in the Microsoft settlement, I further believe that Microsoft
>>> | is giving Foxconn incentives to cripple their motherboards if you try to
>>> | boot to a non-Windows OS.
>>> |
>>> | We have received your complaint.
>>> |
>>> | Thank you for contacting the FTC. Your complaint has been entered into
>>> | Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database available to thousands of
>>> | civil and criminal law enforcement agencies worldwide. Your reference
>>> | number is: 19642372
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | They detect Linux, give it a bad DSDT table, one that looks ok at a
>>> | glance, but broken in subtle ways so that some of it works, but not
>>> | correctly.
>>> |
>>> | You call them to ask why their board won't run Linux.
>>> |
>>> | They tell you to buy Vista.
>>> |
>>> | They're basically rubbing Microsoft's back.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249
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>>
>> Fscking BASTARDS!
>>
>> I have always suspected this FoxCON of material con jobbie.
>> Thank goodness I never bought dodgy Foxcon mboards.
>>
>> There is a lot of dicing about and bundling that tells you
>> there is something wrong with their business - its all a con job
>> to bundle micoshaftee vendor lock in things with the mboard.
>> Now its gone official, the anti-trust complaints should be
>> widened and micoshaft banned from trading me thinks along
>> with Foxcon for their big con.
>>
>> Did Balmer discuss foxcon con job with Nellie Kroes when he parachuted
>> in to the EU?
>
> Sweaty the Impaler: "The BIOS ain't done until Lunix-fsckin-cancer won't run."
Why bother?
It looks like the people preloading Linux laptops are doing a fine job of
ensuring Linux is a piker......
http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Reviews/Lenovo-Launches-Linux-Laptop-and-Leaves-Lots-of-Questions/
After the initial boot and logon, we were faced with a clean,
well-organized desktop, but one element caught our eye right away¡Xa text
document called ThinkPad Readme.txt. We launched it and found that the
document¡¦s first line was ¡§Limitations, Workarounds and How To¡¦s for
SLED10.¡¨ We did not like the sound of that ¡§limitations¡¨ element. After
all, isn¡¦t Linux supposed to be about overcoming limitations?
The first part of the document covered ¡§features not supported.¡¨ Some of
those features are:
* ThinkVantage Active Protection System.
* ThinkVantage Access Connections for SUSE Linux
* ThinkPad Configuration for SUSE Linux
* ThinkPad Power Manager for SUSE Linux
* Wireless WAN Adapter
* ThinkVantage Button
* (Intel Graphics System) DVI Output
From our point of view, Lenovo was not off to a good start.
All Ballmer has to do is sit back and laugh his ass off.
I'm sure he is.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Foxconn deliberately sabotaging their BIOS to destroy Linux ACPI
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Complained to the Federal Trade Commission
>>> |
>>> | http://www.ftc.gov
>>> |
>>> | Foxconn
>>> | 458 E. Lambert Road Fullerton
>>> | Fullerton, CA
>>> | 92835
>>> |
>>> | FOXCONN PHONE NUMBER: 714-871-9968
>>> |
>>> | Company sold me a computer motherboard, model G33M-S, claiming that it
>>> | was compliant with ACPI versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0.
>>> |
>>> | Linux and FreeBSD do not work with this motherboard due to it's ACPI
>>> | configuration, using a disassembler program, I have found that it
>>> | detects Linux specifically and points it to bad DSDT tables, thereby
>>> | corrupting it's hardware support, changing this and setting the system
>>> | to override the BIOS ACPI DSDT tables with a customized version that
>>> | passes the Windows versions to Linux gives Linux ACPI support stated on
>>> | the box, I am complaining because I feel this violates an anti-trust
>>> | provision in the Microsoft settlement, I further believe that Microsoft
>>> | is giving Foxconn incentives to cripple their motherboards if you try to
>>> | boot to a non-Windows OS.
>>> |
>>> | We have received your complaint.
>>> |
>>> | Thank you for contacting the FTC. Your complaint has been entered into
>>> | Consumer Sentinel, a secure online database available to thousands of
>>> | civil and criminal law enforcement agencies worldwide. Your reference
>>> | number is: 19642372
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | They detect Linux, give it a bad DSDT table, one that looks ok at a
>>> | glance, but broken in subtle ways so that some of it works, but not
>>> | correctly.
>>> |
>>> | You call them to ask why their board won't run Linux.
>>> |
>>> | They tell you to buy Vista.
>>> |
>>> | They're basically rubbing Microsoft's back.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249
>>
>>
>> Fscking BASTARDS!
>>
>> I have always suspected this FoxCON of material con jobbie.
>> Thank goodness I never bought dodgy Foxcon mboards.
>>
>> There is a lot of dicing about and bundling that tells you
>> there is something wrong with their business - its all a con job
>> to bundle micoshaftee vendor lock in things with the mboard.
>> Now its gone official, the anti-trust complaints should be
>> widened and micoshaft banned from trading me thinks along
>> with Foxcon for their big con.
>>
>> Did Balmer discuss foxcon con job with Nellie Kroes when he parachuted
>> in to the EU?
>
> Sweaty the Impaler: "The BIOS ain't done until Lunix-fsckin-cancer won't run."
Why bother?
It looks like the people preloading Linux laptops are doing a fine job of
ensuring Linux is a piker......
http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Reviews/Lenovo-Launches-Linux-Laptop-and-Leaves-Lots-of-Questions/
After the initial boot and logon, we were faced with a clean,
well-organized desktop, but one element caught our eye right away¡Xa text
document called ThinkPad Readme.txt. We launched it and found that the
document¡¦s first line was ¡§Limitations, Workarounds and How To¡¦s for
SLED10.¡¨ We did not like the sound of that ¡§limitations¡¨ element. After
all, isn¡¦t Linux supposed to be about overcoming limitations?
The first part of the document covered ¡§features not supported.¡¨ Some of
those features are:
* ThinkVantage Active Protection System.
* ThinkVantage Access Connections for SUSE Linux
* ThinkPad Configuration for SUSE Linux
* ThinkPad Power Manager for SUSE Linux
* Wireless WAN Adapter
* ThinkVantage Button
* (Intel Graphics System) DVI Output
From our point of view, Lenovo was not off to a good start.
All Ballmer has to do is sit back and laugh his ass off.
I'm sure he is.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/