On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 5:26 PM David Cantrell <dcantrell(a)redhat.com> wrote:
This was already addressed. Fedora should not be expected to jump
through
hoops to support vendors unwilling to participate in the open source Linux
ecosystem. Users should stop buying their hardware -or- contribute to
projects like nouveau to make this a non-issue.
And while I agree with the overall sentiment that Linux
should not hoop jump for others, the reality is that many
desktop and laptop users use their corporate provided
systems(*), and those systems are often not (at all) Linux
friendly(**).
Saying to those people "we feel your pain", while
offering nothing else, is a a perfectly reasonable
thing to do/say, but we should, at least, state it
explicitly, should that be the direction we are going.
Gary
(*) Due to corporate purchasing decisions, I have
more than once chosen to spend my own money
to purchase laptops and desktop systems that can
easily install/run Linux/Fedora. Not everyone
realistically has that option, or will chose it even
if they do have it (and sometimes corporate policy
states you must use their pre-configured systems).
(**) The number of organizations that believe in
Linux first, first, and first, and purchase accordingly,
is small. Last I knew RH itself allowed their staff
to choose Mac's. Why? Do they, themselves, not
believe in Linux first, first, and first? No, I don't
expect a reasonable answer here, but if RH does
not require Linux first, first, and first there should
be no expectation that other organizations will do
so.