[ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Barry Titterton
It's official: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=usl=encs=19 There is also a tick chart at the bottom of the page that is a fair comparison of Ubuntu with Windows. It made me smile. Barry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Harry Rickards
On 14 Jun 2010, at 20:29, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote: It's official: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu? c=usl=encs=19 There is also a tick chart at the bottom of the page that is a fair comparison of Ubuntu with Windows. It made me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Matthew Bassett
On 14 June 2010 20:29, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote: It's official: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=usl=encs=19 But not in the UK apparently :( I have been trying to find a Linux pre-installed netbook to purchase in the UK since the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Mary Mooney
Have you tried the Linux Emporium www.linuxemporium.co.uk Based in the Midlands (of England) Mary -- Mary Mooney DEUK'05 A well-developed sense of humour is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. William Arthur Ward Q: What's tiny and yellow and very,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Gordon Allott
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 09:25 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: On 14 June 2010 20:29, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote: It's official: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=usl=encs=19 But not in the UK apparently :( I have been trying to find

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Matthew Bassett
On 15 June 2010 09:50, Mary Mooney memoo...@gmail.com wrote: Have you tried the Linux Emporium www.linuxemporium.co.uk Based in the Midlands (of England) Mary -- Mary Mooney DEUK'05 I've been waiting for them to get hold of something with better battery life than the Lenevo IdeaPad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Bruce Beardall
You can also try www.pcspecialist.co.uk. I haven't used them myself but you can select No Operating System when you configure your choice (same goes for MS Office and Anti Virus). They do netbooks, laptops, PCs etc. Regards Bruce On 15 June 2010 09:25, Matthew Bassett hewb...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Matthew Bassett
On 15 June 2010 10:04, Gordon Allott gord.all...@canonical.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 09:25 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: On 14 June 2010 20:29, Barry Titterton barry.titter...@mail.adsl4less.com wrote: It's official:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread AdeGoodyer
Can't tell you how big a smile was on my face after reading this too!! Great post. The momentum is building and I am genuinely excited to seeing the growth of Ubuntu in the next few years if not sooner! Its a credit to the thousands of people who have put hours of their own time into making

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Matthew Bassett
On 15 June 2010 10:09, Bruce Beardall bruc...@gmail.com wrote: You can also try www.pcspecialist.co.uk. I haven't used them myself but you can select No Operating System when you configure your choice (same goes for MS Office and Anti Virus). They do netbooks, laptops, PCs etc. Thanks. I'll

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Gordon Allott
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 10:10 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote: That's very interesting... (Though they do already sell a Dell Mini 10n in the States) I'll wait then. It's a race. Between Linux Emporium (Lenevo IdeaPad S10-3?) and Dell UK (Mini 10n? Or maybe that is the machine with the bad

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Barry Drake
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 10:04 +0100, Gordon Allott wrote: But not in the UK apparently :( There is a reason for that! right now dell are only selling the mini 10 netbook which is a terrible terrible machine that won't work well on ubuntu I bought my mini 10v around a month ago. It's a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Stephen Garton
On 15 June 2010 10:12, Matthew Bassett hewb...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 June 2010 10:09, Bruce Beardall bruc...@gmail.com wrote: You can also try www.pcspecialist.co.uk. I haven't used them myself but you can select No Operating System when you configure your choice (same goes for MS Office and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Alan Pope
On 15 June 2010 16:11, Stephen Garton sheepeating...@gmail.com wrote: I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10 (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working properly in Karmic. I would say it

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
On 15/06/10 16:11, Stephen Garton wrote: I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10 (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working properly in Karmic. I would say it is not something for the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 15/06/10 16:19, Alan Pope wrote: On 15 June 2010 16:11, Stephen Gartonsheepeating...@gmail.com wrote: I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10 (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Stephen Garton
On 15 June 2010 16:19, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: On 15 June 2010 16:11, Stephen Garton sheepeating...@gmail.com wrote: I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10 (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had some dregs of stuff from getting the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Alan Pope
On 15 June 2010 16:59, Stephen Garton sheepeating...@gmail.com wrote: Documented? Yes. In a form that anyone else could understand? Not yet! :) Wifey is out tonight, so I was planning on writing up into a blog post tonight when the little one has gone to bed. Then I can look at finding out

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Matthew C. Bassett
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 16:29 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Am I right in thinking this Poulsbo chip has the integrated PowerVR graphics core for 3D graphics? Makes me wonder why Intel don't just buy up PowerVR and then release an open source driver (as it seems that for their older GMA chipsets

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell says Ubuntu safer than Windows

2010-06-15 Thread Rob Beard
On 15/06/2010 21:18, Matthew C. Bassett wrote: On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 16:29 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: Am I right in thinking this Poulsbo chip has the integrated PowerVR graphics core for 3D graphics? Makes me wonder why Intel don't just buy up PowerVR and then release an open source