Purchasing a new Ubuntu laptop
Hi Everyone,
I'm looking to purchase a laptop that's pre-loaded with Ubuntu 8.04. I'm looking at a Dell 1525N or a System76 machine. Does anyone out there have any info or first hand knowledge about these products. Cheers, David |
There are many: try google.... DELL, some HCL, ACER brands, lots more
But it is always better to get a laptop with no OS and then install Ubuntu or any other Linux. Search earlier posts on the topic in this forum |
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Purchasing a machine preloaded means you turn it on, and it works. It just works. Someone else has dealt with the tweaks and the issues. Buy it bare, and you have to make it work. That will take hours at least - and that is if all you have to do is install the OS and magically it all works. More likely is that you'll have to fix things, and configure things, and tweak things until it works. |
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Acer 5315-2153 IGF |
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I don't think I have ever had a Linux installation that I haven't had to tweak, except for some server setups - and, when you get down to it, servers are easy to set up compared to desktops and workstations. My initial Kubuntu installation on my laptop was pretty smooth but not perfect. Right now I am having a good ol' time getting Debian running properly on a Powerbook G3...and I picked Debian because I thought it would be easy to get running on the PPC system.:rolleyes: |
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