On 6/10/08, Tim Verhoeven <tim.verhoeven.be at gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:49 AM, nate <centos at linuxpowered.net> wrote: > > > > I suppose the easiest route if your into Dell/HP is just go to them and > > ask for Linux solutions. Dell I think claims to be the #1 hardware > > vendor for linux. They offer servers with either no OS or linux pre > > installed. HP offers both servers and workstations with no OS or > > linux pre installed. (not sure about desktops/laptops/etc). > > And of course the same goes for IBM. They have been supported Linux > for years and every server shipped by IBM has Linux support (well, > support for RHEL and SLES that is). I've never had any real issues > with their Linux support (all issues encountered they fixed :) ). They > go even as far that for servers Linux is on the same level as Windows, > meaning that Linux is supported at the release of new hardware (not a > couple of months later). > Dell has also some nice yum repos set up for both openmanage and also firmware updates <http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Repository> mike