[ubuntu-uk] Decent, Cheap, Laptop for Ubuntu
Hi, Wonder if anyone can help. I'm looking to purchase a decent laptop, to be used with Ubuntu. I know, many laptops work with Ubuntu, I was just wondering whether there's a particular brand/model people use. Not interested in a Mac. I'm open to second hand. So any source where folks get them from would be useful too. Looking for around 6GB RAM. One key thing: must *not* get hot. I've been using a Dell XPS M1530 for a good few years, but it gets so hot (and that's even using a cooling gadget underneath it) it's almost unusable. Any thoughts/opinions really welcome. Thanks, Cheers R w: http://www.cloudshapes.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/roland_dunn http://uk.linkedin.com/in/rolanddunn -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Decent, Cheap, Laptop for Ubuntu
On 24/07/13 13:07, Roland Dunn wrote: Hi, Wonder if anyone can help. I'm looking to purchase a decent laptop, to be used with Ubuntu. I know, many laptops work with Ubuntu, I was just wondering whether there's a particular brand/model people use. Not interested in a Mac. I'm open to second hand. So any source where folks get them from would be useful too. Looking for around 6GB RAM. One key thing: must *not* get hot. I've been using a Dell XPS M1530 for a good few years, but it gets so hot (and that's even using a cooling gadget underneath it) it's almost unusable. Any thoughts/opinions really welcome. Thanks, Cheers R w: http://www.cloudshapes.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/roland_dunn http://uk.linkedin.com/in/rolanddunn Hi, I don't know where you are based, But my first port-of-call would be my local computer recycling charity (jamies computers here in Southampton [1]), they have a reasonably good selection of second hand laptops from £75 - £150 depending on spec. The last time I went in their I came away wishing I had a spare £100 for a Sony Vaio laptop with dual-core, 500gb HDD 6gb RAM! Their stock does seem to change frequently so have a look and then google the lappy for faults, compatibility. In my experience anything that is not too new will work (if you go for the latest and greatest then you may have to wait / or build your own divers etc). As for the overheating issue I have found it common if the laptop is not kept clean, by which I mean cleaning the fan heat-sink etc under-the-hood, My Acer Aspire was suffering earlier in the week in the hot weather, took it apart cleaned, replaced thermal paste on heat-sinkn and all is great again. (note my Acer [80gb HDD dual core, 3gb ram] is reaching EOL for Ubuntu I feel as Unity is using alot of umph, but I should get another year to 18 mths outta it yet touch wood). Hope this helps Pete [1] http://www.jamies.org.uk/sales.html -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Decent, Cheap, Laptop for Ubuntu
On 24 July 2013 13:07, Roland Dunn roland.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Wonder if anyone can help. I'm looking to purchase a decent laptop, to be used with Ubuntu. I know, many laptops work with Ubuntu, I was just wondering whether there's a particular brand/model people use. Not interested in a Mac. I'm open to second hand. So any source where folks get them from would be useful too. Looking for around 6GB RAM. One key thing: must *not* get hot. I've been using a Dell XPS M1530 for a good few years, but it gets so hot (and that's even using a cooling gadget underneath it) it's almost unusable. Any thoughts/opinions really welcome. http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/ I recommend Thinkpads, myself. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Decent, Cheap, Laptop for Ubuntu
On 24/07/13 15:00, Liam Proven wrote: On 24 July 2013 13:07, Roland Dunn roland.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Wonder if anyone can help. I'm looking to purchase a decent laptop, to be used with Ubuntu. I know, many laptops work with Ubuntu, I was just wondering whether there's a particular brand/model people use. Not interested in a Mac. I'm open to second hand. So any source where folks get them from would be useful too. Looking for around 6GB RAM. One key thing: must *not* get hot. I've been using a Dell XPS M1530 for a good few years, but it gets so hot (and that's even using a cooling gadget underneath it) it's almost unusable. Any thoughts/opinions really welcome. http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/ I recommend Thinkpads, myself. Thanks for the link, good prices on thinkpads, I will think on that Pete -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Dual-booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8
I have a Lenovo Ideapad U410 which came with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm running into a problem preparing for dual boot with 13.04. The partition table looks like this: http://sdrv.ms/1692SMb I disabled Intel Rapid Start in the BIOS, and re-booted a couple of times. I booted from the Ubuntu CD and tried to look in the three un-named partitions (plus the Windows8_OS one, which is where all my data is currently residing) on Disk 1 to see what they contain. Every one I try to open gets this error message: (The volume name is obviously different with each one!) Unable to access Windows8_OS Error mounting /dev/sdb5 at /media/ubuntu/Windows8_OS: Command-line `mount -t ntfs -o uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=999,gid=999,dmask=0077,fmask=0177 /dev/sdb5 /media/ubuntu/Windows8_OS' exited with non-zero exit status 14: Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Failed to mount '/dev/sdb5': Operation not permitted The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option. Can anyone help as to why it still thinks that Windows is hibernated when I've disabled Rapid Start and re-booted? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual-booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8
There's an option inside windows in the power management to disable the fast startup option. I forget the actual wording and exactly where to find it but it's somewhere in the power settings. On 24 July 2013 16:26, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: I have a Lenovo Ideapad U410 which came with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'm running into a problem preparing for dual boot with 13.04. The partition table looks like this: http://sdrv.ms/1692SMb I disabled Intel Rapid Start in the BIOS, and re-booted a couple of times. I booted from the Ubuntu CD and tried to look in the three un-named partitions (plus the Windows8_OS one, which is where all my data is currently residing) on Disk 1 to see what they contain. Every one I try to open gets this error message: (The volume name is obviously different with each one!) Unable to access “Windows8_OS” Error mounting /dev/sdb5 at /media/ubuntu/Windows8_OS: Command-line `mount -t ntfs -o uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=999,gid=999,dmas**k=0077,fmask=0177 /dev/sdb5 /media/ubuntu/Windows8_OS' exited with non-zero exit status 14: Windows is hibernated, refused to mount. Failed to mount '/dev/sdb5': Operation not permitted The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option. Can anyone help as to why it still thinks that Windows is hibernated when I've disabled Rapid Start and re-booted? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- Daniel Llewellyn -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dual-booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8
On 24 July 2013 16:26, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone help as to why it still thinks that Windows is hibernated when I've disabled Rapid Start and re-booted? Can you disable hibernation altogether? Have you got a Windows CD - it doesn't need to be Win8, an older version will do - from which you can boot and run `CHKDSK /F` on all the drives? That should leave them clean. Might be worth giving them a defrag, too. Defraggler is quick, thorough and has a freebie eval version. Also, you could use Windows Disk Management to shrink the Windows partition and make room for Ubuntu. (Post-defrag, that is.) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
