Re: Ubuntu on Dell laptops here in Aus?

[Leslie Gossner]

David Whyte wrote: On Jan 20, 2008 9:53 PM, Andrew G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi dov, I just wanted to say thank for all this detailed info. Also, the ASUS Eee PC sounds like a fun & practical PC to have (I've recommend it to a friend who wants to use a laptop for standard tasks..) and I'll probably still get a Dell as I'd like to still be able to play around with Ubuntu. I don't have an EeePC (yet) but I really like its form. Anyways, I saw that you could run full blown Ubuntu on there, even with the 3D effects. I will probably wait for a slightly better screen. I really couldn't work on something with such low resolution, especially if I chose to do some programming in an IDE. Anyways, a video of the EeePC running compiz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru780Jfc1bQ Cheers, Whytey Hmm this is a very interesting discussion. I have an old steam driven Toshiba atm and everything on it works but the battery life is woeful at best.  I somehow dont think th eeePc will suit my usage. If i was willing to spend say $1500-2500 on a laptop.  what couple people recommend as powerful yet Ubuntu friendly?  I hate to say it but most likely i will dual boot XP and Kubuntu 7.04 (this is the last version of Linux kernel i can get my iBurst USB modem to work with).  Xp will just be for games but i play a lot of games at work and Wine doesn't love me. Leslie P.S Battery life would be a big bonus to me as my current model struggles at 2 hours of web browsing.

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