On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Balwinder S Dheeman <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 08:34 AM, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote: > >> On Wednesday 20 Jun 2012, Ashish SHUKLA wrote: >> >>> - gpg control packet >>> For the laptop users: >>> >>> http://www.canonical.com/**content/canonical-and-dell-** >>> announce-today-de<http://www.canonical.com/content/canonical-and-dell-announce-today-de> >>> ll-laptops-pre-loaded-ubuntu-**will-be-sold-850-retail-out >>> >> Excellent. Now if you need Linux on your laptop you don't need to pay >> the Winduhs tax, and if you prefer some other distribution to Ubuntu you >> can always reinstall and be sure that the hardware will work. Of >> course, Ubuntu doesn't mind shipping proprietary drivers in base >> distribution, so you may still need to do some R&D for other >> distributions. >> > > In this matter (proprietary or restricted drivers or codecs) the LinuxMint > people are slightly more liberal. I test installed LinuxMint 11 (I only > this release on the USB at that time) on an ASUS F51 a few days. The whole > *installation process running off of a USB stick took just 6 minutes* and > everything, including the Bluetooth, WiFi, touchpad scrolling and tapping, > worked like a charm. I need not mention that most of the useful and, or > needed office applications, LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Firefox, Gimp and > Osmo etc. are included in these Debian/Ubuntu or derivative distributions. > > -- > Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman > (http://werc.homelinux.net/**contact/ <http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/> > ) > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Ilugd mailing list > [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/**mailman/listinfo/ilugd<http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd> > I am going to buy a new Dell laptop then... :) -- Regards RAKESH KUMAR http://raakeshkumar.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
