I just tried to use go111, but I get the following message:
>[7] Access Not Configured. Cloud Build has not been used in project <project> before or it is disabled. Enable it by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/cloudbuild.go... then retry. If you enabled this API recently, wait a few minutes for the action to propagate to our systems and retry.
So go111 cannot be used without Cloud Build, for which I have to activate billing?
I replaced it myself. Actually, I didn't bother to ask Dell for support ;-)
Regarding their general commitment to linux support: frankly, I don't know. Everything just worked out of the box (besides the Broadcom WIFI, which gave me a hard time), so I have not spent much time to investigate this further.
He surely just forgot to mention that Google allegedly payed 25 million € to Eyeo GmbH, the company behind Adblock Plus, in order to participate in the "acceptable ads" program, a "feature" which is turned on by default and allows users to "surf more comfortably".
And that he is (or at least was) one of the directors.
I'm most certain that there are people out there who would call this business model "blackmailing", but I could also be wrong.
>[7] Access Not Configured. Cloud Build has not been used in project <project> before or it is disabled. Enable it by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/cloudbuild.go... then retry. If you enabled this API recently, wait a few minutes for the action to propagate to our systems and retry.
So go111 cannot be used without Cloud Build, for which I have to activate billing?