Re: [ubuntu-in] Hardware compatibility list for Ubuntu in India
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 09:15 +0530, shirish wrote: 3. Are there any hardware-vendors who have or are thinking of having a GNU/Linux service support team. That would make a big difference to an everyday user rather than people like us who just like to tinker/fool around and do have time to see what works and what doesn't. ;) In the US as well as in Europe, there are several hardware vendors who produce, sell, and provide technical support for their own native Linux machines. That includes both desktops and laptops. These machines come with Linux--mostly Ubuntu--preconfigured on them. Some of them provide the option for a dual boot with XP or Vista at your request. But all come with a Linux OS, with the guarantee that all of the hardware in the computer works out of the box with the OS. That includes sound, video, DVD playback, wireless, and webcam. And they provide ongoing support as well, mostly 1-3 years for the hardware warranty with unlimited technical phone and email support. I have become fascinated with these companies, as a user who currently owns a preconfigured windows machine and has spent an extraordinary amount of time in the past year working on getting Ubuntu working on his machine in all the various aspects. I am looking to purchase a laptop, and after consideration of what is available on the market today, decided that since I spend 99.9% of my time on the Linux side of my dual boot, I am going to invest in a machine in which professional people have dedicated to making LINUX work on it, and NOT Windows. Let the purchase price go toward making the OS you are actually going to USE, work. I am more familiar with the US companies which provide such machines, and will give you some of their websites below. I have been impressed with their product profiles, and after extensive communication with their personnel, are impressed with the staff as well. These companies are dedicated to the production of excellent Linux machines, in which all the hardware components have been carefully selected to work explicitly with Linux. Here below are the sites. Enjoy. These two build their own machines and supply only Ubuntu on them (they will supply a dual boot with XP at your request, but Ubuntu is the only Linux distribution they supply; their default configuration is one OS: Ubuntu alone.): 1. http://system76.com/ 2. http://www.zareason.com/shop/home.php This company builds its own machines and supplies your choice of Linux distrubution (Ubuntu/Fedora/RedHat) http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html This company purchases high-end laptops from large OEM companies (Sony,IBM,Dell,Panasonic) and sets them up and sells and supports them as preconfigured Linux machines (distribution your choice): http://www.emperorlinux.com/ Swarup -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Hardware compatibility list for Ubuntu in India
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:35:42 +0530 From: Parthan SR [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Hardware compatibility list for Ubuntu in India To: Ubuntu India Local Community ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed snipped Our wiki is far outdated and hence the data in it are very old. We are in the process of moving to our own server and hence am not sure whether editing is kept open. Once we move to our new servers, we were planning to revamp the wiki. Still, you are welcome to update any outdated content. Hi Parthan, First of all thanx for getting back so quickly. Is there any ETA when the move to server is expected and what revamp of the wiki is being thought about. Would love to hear about the same. If this has been discussed on the list then a quick link to the topic would suffice so know the ETA on the same. - - Parthan -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Hardware compatibility list for Ubuntu in India
HI all, I have been recently looking for a list of hardware as well as laptops which work with GNU/Linux Ubuntu . I found the wiki which has some details listed at http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Hardware_Compatibility as well as http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Laptops . The last time both the wiki pages were updated were on 15th April 2k7 and 15th May 2k7 respectively. Its almost a yr. and lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. I have few suggestions :- 1. On the laptops make the table have couple of more columns one which states which particular version of Ubuntu was tested against that model, and the second would be a relative price-tag/street price so people have atleast some idea as to at what prices can the hardware be bought. 2. The hardware list given should go through a thorough review as I'm sure newer versions of the Linux kernel 2.6.24-16 as of this writing would have had better support for far more devices. 3. Are there any hardware-vendors who have or are thinking of having a GNU/Linux service support team. That would make a big difference to an everyday user rather than people like us who just like to tinker/fool around and do have time to see what works and what doesn't. ;) Comments, suggestions, improvements and flames all are welcome ;) -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Hardware compatibility list for Ubuntu in India
shirish wrote: HI all, I have been recently looking for a list of hardware as well as laptops which work with GNU/Linux Ubuntu . I found the wiki which has some details listed at http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Hardware_Compatibility as well as http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Laptops . The last time both the wiki pages were updated were on 15th April 2k7 and 15th May 2k7 respectively. Its almost a yr. and lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. Our wiki is far outdated and hence the data in it are very old. We are in the process of moving to our own server and hence am not sure whether editing is kept open. Once we move to our new servers, we were planning to revamp the wiki. Still, you are welcome to update any outdated content. - - Parthan -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
