Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-06 Thread Bill B.
On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 18:40 +, TT Mooney wrote: BTW, most of my 5-6 year old equipment still works without any issue. In fact, my Thinkpad X220 is still going strong, running Ubuntu. But I thought it would be good to vote with my wallet to show some support through Dell. Again, lesson

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-06 Thread TT Mooney
On 06/01/15 14:26, Bill B. wrote: On Mon, 2015-01-05 at 18:40 +, TT Mooney wrote: BTW, most of my 5-6 year old equipment still works without any issue. In fact, my Thinkpad X220 is still going strong, running Ubuntu. But I thought it would be good to vote with my wallet to show some

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

2015-01-06 Thread David Chatterton
Dare I say, Ubuntu / Linux is just small fry for Dell who are intimately tied up with Microsoft. The fact that they do supply some models with Ubuntu pre-installed is at least a ray of light in the darkness but to expect some meaningful support is being over-optimistic. The fact that Dell just