Yeah, but when you live in countryside, freelancing quietly, ordering from Amazon after reading the Asus zenbook Ubuntu page is the only option you have. Anyway, a vm on Windows looks like the best option in the short run, will keep you updated on my findings.
On Friday, September 21, 2012, V. Sasi Kumar wrote: > On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 09:10 +0530, Anuvrat Parashar wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Amar Akshat > > <amar.aks...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I recently purchased this Asus Zenbook, i7, which comes with Windows, > and > > > then I installed Ubuntu (12.04) on it. > > > > > > And since then I am busy fixing so many unsupported hardware things, > > > > > > Any thoughts ?? Any experiences ? > > > > I guess you forgot one of the basic principles of buying a computer for > using with GNU/Linux. The first thing one has to do before buying is to > scout around for hardware that is fully supported. One way would be to > look for computers which have Linux pre-loaded, so that one knows that > all the hardware will be supported. The other way would be to take a > live distro with you either on a CD or a pen drive and test it before > deciding to buy. If one just decides to buy a machine and then tries to > make it run on any of the available distros, one might face such > problems. > > Regards, > Sasi > -- > V. Sasi Kumar > Free Software Foundation of India > h uttp://swatantryam.blogspot.com > > -- Thank you... *Amar Akshat (アマール)* *"Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen."* _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
