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:MozillaQuest: Asus Anti-Linux Attitude Sucks
MozillaQuest: Asus Anti-Linux Attitude Sucks
Jul 14, 2004, 23 :30 UTC (41 Talkback[s]) (13995 reads)

(Other stories by Mike Angelo)

"For several weeks now, we have been very busy reviewing 32-bit and 64-bit, 2.6 Linux kernel, GNU-Linux distributions. During the course of our lab work with these distros it came to our attention that Asus, the motherboard manufacturer, has a rather nasty anti-Linux and anti-open-source software attitude. Moreover, the Asus people are arrogant about their anti-Linux policy. That sucks!

"Sure, all too many hardware manufacturers and software publishers do not support Linux and/or open source software. We hate to see that, but it is understandable..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
ASUS P4P800 Motherboard: January 22nd, 2 ...   Huh?....   
George-H (GH)
Jul 15, 2004, 00:02:57
 
Now, I understand that it's an incon ...   Their choice   
smalley
Jul 15, 2004, 00:15:03
 
Thanks for the information. I am ready t ...   Soyo supports Linux   
bonehead
Jul 15, 2004, 00:39:59
 
   So does Conexnant, numerous other win ...   Well, Abit boards don't suck!   
anonymous coward
Jul 15, 2004, 00:42:56
 
I have used many ASUS products.  I still ...   Sad to see ASUS take this view   
Bill
Jul 15, 2004, 00:49:24
 
it's as simple as that. There are pl ...   Just boycott ASUS!!!   
Xunil Ung
Jul 15, 2004, 00:49:41
 
Thank you for the information, this is i ...   asus intransigence   
joel stone
Jul 15, 2004, 01:55:55
 
I bought an ASUS P4P800. I had to do a f ...   ASUS Motherboards   
Eric Krejci
Jul 15, 2004, 02:33:33
 
I don't believe a boycott will work: ...   Ask the hardware site to test Linux Compatibility   
Anonymous Coward
Jul 15, 2004, 02:40:22
 
Well I'm not sure what their officia ...   AOpen   
someone247356
Jul 15, 2004, 02:47:12
 
Check this out http://www.asus.com/prog/ ...   Strange !   
Khan Md Ashraf
Jul 15, 2004, 02:50:15
 
In the past 2 years I have upgraded my s ...   No more ASUS   
Nicholas Holowaty
Jul 15, 2004, 03:12:59
 
> it's as simple as that. There are  ...   Re: Just boycott ASUS!!!   
Joe User
Jul 15, 2004, 03:48:44
 
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?hos ...   Netcraft analysis on asus..LOL!!   
guest
Jul 15, 2004, 03:58:50
 
I have an ASUS MEW-VM(HP Pavilion 6545C  ...   I have 2 asus motherboard that run Linux well   
Nate
Jul 15, 2004, 04:10:52
 
It was not only a linux problem, the err ...   Customer service   
GRH
Jul 15, 2004, 07:36:22
 
Good article - nice to know where you st ...   My company will not buy Asus products from now on.   
Shiva
Jul 15, 2004, 11:44:59
 
Read the article. The board is question  ...   Re: I have 2 asus motherboard that run Linux well   
helen
Jul 15, 2004, 13:07:23
 
Dear Sirs,I recently learned that your c ...   Letter to ASUS   
Peter Yellman
Jul 15, 2004, 13:21:53
 
Most hardware manufacturers support of L ...   ABSURD OVERREACTION - Read the whole article   
Pragmatist
Jul 15, 2004, 13:53:32
 
As the name implies (AOPEN), They design ...   Re: AOpen   
FWP
Jul 15, 2004, 14:47:44
 
This type of Linux hardware conflict can ...   Overblown   
Rimshot
Jul 15, 2004, 15:18:54
 
When did Microsoft move into the motherb ...   When did...   
fishy
Jul 15, 2004, 15:27:59
 
>> Most hardware manufacturers support o ...   Re: ABSURD OVERREACTION - Read the whole article   
Shiva
Jul 15, 2004, 15:34:43
 
> Now, I understand that it's an inc ...   Re: Their choice   
smalley\'s critic
Jul 15, 2004, 15:51:21
 
I stopped using Asus when AOpen started  ...   Simple - Don't use Asus, use Aopen   
Alex Chejlyk
Jul 15, 2004, 17:08:49
 
Sure, this all may be overreaction...but ...   *USEFUL* ABSURD OVERREACTION   
S C
Jul 15, 2004, 18:01:53
 
I cannot comment on other people's e ...   YMMV   
Carlos Cesar
Jul 15, 2004, 18:28:17
 
I called asus and told them about this n ...   I called Asus   
stew
Jul 15, 2004, 18:35:15
 
Not a whole lot different from the suppo ...   ASUS support woes   
md
Jul 15, 2004, 19:00:23
 
:-) Sometime this sort of thing can be u ...   Re: *USEFUL* ABSURD OVERREACTION   
Pramatist
Jul 15, 2004, 19:02:40
 
> > I cannot comment on other people&#39 ...   Re: YMMV   
SM
Jul 15, 2004, 20:36:13
 
I totally agree. we've used ASUS for ...   Re: I have 2 asus motherboard that run Linux well   
Philip Waters
Jul 19, 2004, 16:41:16
 
A while back ASUS had issues with ACPI s ...   Windoze Hardware problems   
Bruce Collie
Jul 21, 2004, 09:06:33
 
Well, since I never use ASUS for a myria ...   Nice to know   
Kevin Hudson
Jul 22, 2004, 04:47:09
 
The article states that the network issu ...   Sounds more like incompetent tech support   
Steven Rumbalski
Jul 23, 2004, 03:10:41
 
I've never heard anything bad about  ...   Too Bad   
Chris
Jul 23, 2004, 13:43:59
 
That's fine, I used to be a ASUS mot ...   ASUS motherboards bite   
Mike
Jul 23, 2004, 16:42:27
 
It looks like what was really going on w ...   Looks more like a cover for a hardware problem   
J. J. Ramsey
Jul 24, 2004, 13:57:51
 
This article takes a far too simplistic  ...   the real issue   
Anonymous
Jul 25, 2004, 20:26:16
 
The minor difference between Asus and ot ...   ASUS are the (relatively) good guys   
Mark
Jul 26, 2004, 11:36:13
 
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