----- Mensaje original ----- > Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed > computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy
got one of those! I used the linpus os for a while. (Fedora derivative?) It was the quickest boot I had ever seen and have seen since! I changed to ubuntu netbook edition because of the extra (easy to install) functionallity brought by softwarecentre. > told me, they had had almost all the linux laptops returned, biggest > reasons, couldnt get it to connect to the internet, no support from > ISPs, cant update/use apple products, same with Android > product.....which is why stopped selling them. Acer Aspire also refused > to support anybody who installed any other kernel during the warranty > period....... > > Nowadays, people will be reluctant to use a computer they cant use their > apple products with..... > > i thought that the only thing that does not work is itunes. And drm books and drm videos. New versions of iDevices seem to update without connecting to a computer. Or so i was told. A collegue claims to only plug to computer to charge. She hates itunes. > > > > On 22/06/2012 09:16, Alan Pope wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote: > > > From what I recall, they did for a while and it was a monumental > > > failure. Perhaps it was before its time, perhaps Dell didn't do a > > > good enough job of marketing it, but either way I think they did it > > > for a while and then binned the idea. > > > > > Not true. They still sell Ubuntu laptops. I did a search just > > yesterday and found about 10 of their models where Ubuntu was an > > install option. > > > > http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=uk&l=en&cs=&k=ubuntu&cat=all&x=0&y=0 tried the link but when i choose one it only offers w7 on next page. I'll keep trying. > > > > Cheers, > > - -- > > Alan Pope > > Engineering Manager > > > > Canonical - Product Strategy > > +44 (0) 7973 620 164 > > alan.p...@canonical.com > > http://ubuntu.com/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJP5CncAAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wox4IALXW3r5oTRy4HNxuCSmV/GF8 > > e5Kn6vJNhIS0i3Q8BSc/wtFEMqNBG/J023Y27qKD0S2gW2maPV31VeDQltX4jDAG > > ywk5Ol0M/IV5jRsfl/f/Vdda6O6gzemwaGfLl7LP8Azyc6fvAT4WbKInA9iVfliN > > jAyUF7oM/enEBe0tqUF04itaYAyhYqd3O0Oy2EOjT8fI3jRcvffen+tIB4yH8FD0 > > CRW+j6uxU5BmRIVdL90Ir8luBa4csH7fHeS8M0v2muyI3sfn7MSzGFrg+Lxo6V9F > > JG0GAgkJ1Xz8/xOQHX4wUQMVFz8JcfJOsZR2nvr9gQqr7Dm64PVgppA5j36vqFo= > > =NLw3 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > >
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