On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 5:26 PM David Cantrell dcantrell@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.