Sean Even though a staff discount is available is this Acer laptop the best you can buy to run Ubuntu? It might actually be a better to buy a Dell (or other make if you can get it) with Ubuntu pre-installed.
The reason for this advice has been covered on the Dorset LUG before - basically that it can be very time consuming and close on impossible to get everything working - due to the complex components used in laptops as opposed to desktop pcs. For example internal wireless cards on laptops are a particular problem. Mark Elkins Chair and Treasurer OSSG Message: 4 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:03:43 +0000 From: Sean Gibbins <[email protected]> Subject: [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund - Information Sought To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List <[email protected]>, Dorset Linux Users Group <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi All, Apologies for the cross post but I am looking for the combined wisdom of both and Hants and Dorset as I am in a bit of a hurry. My daughter is buying a bargain laptop from Tescos where she works and gets a staff discount. The said Acer Acer 5735z is on offer and therefore there is some urgency around purchasing it while it is in stock, etc. Smart girl* that she is, she has asked me to install Ubuntu Linux, which she has used exclusively after she abandoned Windows a couple of years back. Since it comes with Vista I would like to claim that portion of the price back - I know it won't amount to much, but Ellen would appreciate the saving and there is a principle involved here. Does anyone know or have pointers to information regarding the correct way to go about this, and any pitfalls to avoid? I gather that by powering it on and booting into Vista I implicitly accept the licence, so I will be using a live CD to test Ubuntu functionality before I boot into Vista /if/ I boot into Vista, and depending on the answer to this question. All help appreciated, and I will post the result of my efforts. Sean * She got 11 'A*' and 'A' results at GCSE O Level and 2 'A' results at GCSE AS Level - does this statistic mean that Linux is the OS of choice for clever folk? Evidently not, since I use it too! :-) -- Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ irc://irc.blitzed.org:6667/dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-04-01 20:00
