On 28/05/10 18:09, e-mail b.drake wrote: > Hi there ..... > > I'm staying with friends in the US at the moment, so although I've been > following the list, I haven't been writing of late. I just made a lengthy > effort to research Dell on their web sites. First it seems to be impossible > to contact Dell by e-mail on the UK site. Errors come up every time. > Second, Dell USA still lists a range of machines running Ubuntu including > the various netbooks and laptops that they listed in the UK until recently. > > I really want to shout at someone about this, and will probable send a > snailmail when I get back home. Does anyone here have a contact among Dell > staff, or any suggestions as to how to get a complaint about this into a > place where it might be heard? My own feelings at the moment are that I'm > rapidly going off the idea of buying from Dell ever again - and my latest > purchase is my forth Dell machine. Probably not significant in their terms, > but I'd still like to find a way of complaining audibly. > > It would be helpful if Dell announced publicly "We no longer support Linux > in the Uk because ...."
There are two items of validated hardware shown for 10.04 http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/list/?release=10.04%20LTS&category=Desktop Dell Inc Certified Inspirion 580 Desktop PC (x86) 10.04 LTS Certified Optiplex 360 Desktop 64-bit PC (x86_64) 10.04 LTS However I could not find a way to get anything other than Windows on the Inspiron 580, and the Optiplex does not seem to be available. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
