Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-10 Thread koder
For what it is worth, I would like to echo the Rune Lord's sentiments. I have the Dell 530 Inspiron desktop and 1420 Inspiron laptop and am quite pleased with both of them. A great part of my buying decision was the desire to encourage DELL with Linux distribution and whatever drivers are needed

Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-10 Thread Rhune Lord
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Use this link for the Dell systems you might want info on. Dude I love my Dell system running Ubuntu. Hope this helps. Brian On 3/10/08, der.hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 10. Mar, 2008 schwätzte Ted Gould so

Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-10 Thread der.hans
Am 10. Mar, 2008 schwätzte Ted Gould so: On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 18:34 -0700, der.hans wrote: So, I wandered over to the Dell website and search for both Linux and Ubuntu. Any recommendations on the Dell offering or from a company that actually offers Ubuntu? Yeah, I won't be keeping their in

Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-10 Thread Ted Gould
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 18:34 -0700, der.hans wrote: > So, I wandered over to the Dell website and search for both Linux and Ubuntu. > Any recommendations on the Dell offering or from a company that actually > offers Ubuntu? > > Yeah, I won't be keeping their install, but I will back it up for > re

Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-08 Thread Michael March
> der.hans wrote: > > I'm wanting to do some virtual machine testing. > [snip] > > > With this box, though, I'd like something that'll handle well for > > virtualization stuff, but not be a power hog. > > > > I would generally prefer something from AMD. Would the Intel quad core > > CPUs make

Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-08 Thread Kurt Granroth
der.hans wrote: I'm wanting to do some virtual machine testing. [snip] With this box, though, I'd like something that'll handle well for virtualization stuff, but not be a power hog. I would generally prefer something from AMD. Would the Intel quad core CPUs make a huge difference? You just

Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-08 Thread Dazed_75
Try these :) http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=ubuntu&cat=all http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs ---

Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-07 Thread Nathan Aubrey
On Friday 07 March 2008 18:34:29 der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > I'm wanting to do some virtual machine testing. I've grown tired > of getting old hardware to work, so I thought I'd use this as an excuse to > get a nice box with multi-core CPU(s) and at least a couple of GB of RAM. > > So, I wande

Re: hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-07 Thread Anthony Boynes
It doesn't seem that the Ubuntu options are available under the "Small & Medium Business" area. Try this link: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:34 PM, der.hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > moin moin, > > I'm wanting to do

hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

2008-03-07 Thread der.hans
moin moin, I'm wanting to do some virtual machine testing. I've grown tired of getting old hardware to work, so I thought I'd use this as an excuse to get a nice box with multi-core CPU(s) and at least a couple of GB of RAM. So, I wandered over to the Dell website and search for both Linux and U

Re: Ubuntu and Dell

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Matt Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Joshua Zeidner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Matt Graham wrote: > > >> Eric "Shubes" wrote: > >>> Anyone been to the Ubuntu home page lately? It's sporting Dell desktop > and > >>> notebooks which come with Ubuntu prel

unclear: "Redding" (was: Re: Ubuntu and Dell)

2008-02-21 Thread Mike Schwartz
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Rhune Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs > > Look even though Dell is mainstream of all the distro's IMO Ubuntu has > the best chance of unhinging Microsoft's grip on the home user. The

Re: Ubuntu and Dell

2008-02-21 Thread Matt Graham
From: "Joshua Zeidner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Matt Graham wrote: >> Eric "Shubes" wrote: >>> Anyone been to the Ubuntu home page lately? It's sporting Dell desktop and >>> notebooks which come with Ubuntu preloaded (and certified). >> "Dude! They've SOLD OUT! Bummer, man! I was using Ubuntu *befo

Re: Ubuntu and Dell

2008-02-21 Thread Rhune Lord
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs Look even though Dell is mainstream of all the distro's IMO Ubuntu has the best chance of unhinging Microsoft's grip on the home user. There will still be a learning curve but its a start and a promising one. The 142

Re: Ubuntu and Dell

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Matt Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Eric \"Shubes\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Anyone been to the Ubuntu home page lately? It's sporting Dell desktop and > > notebooks which come with Ubuntu preloaded (and certified). > > "Dude! They've SOLD OUT! Bu

Re: Ubuntu and Dell

2008-02-21 Thread Joshua Zeidner
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Eric Shubes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone been to the Ubuntu home page lately? It's sporting Dell desktop and > notebooks which come with Ubuntu preloaded (and certified). > http://www.ubuntu.com/ > Could this be the long-awaited year of the Linux desktop?

Re: Ubuntu and Dell

2008-02-21 Thread Matt Graham
From: "Eric \"Shubes\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Anyone been to the Ubuntu home page lately? It's sporting Dell desktop and > notebooks which come with Ubuntu preloaded (and certified). "Dude! They've SOLD OUT! Bummer, man! I was using Ubuntu *before* it was mainstream! Their early CDs were, like

Ubuntu and Dell

2008-02-21 Thread Eric "Shubes"
Anyone been to the Ubuntu home page lately? It's sporting Dell desktop and notebooks which come with Ubuntu preloaded (and certified). http://www.ubuntu.com/ Could this be the long-awaited year of the Linux desktop? -- -Eric 'shubes' --- PLUG-discuss