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Arik Baratz wrote: > On Tue, Dec 4, 2007 at 10:04 AM, Maxim Veksler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> http://d-source.co.il are resellers of http://affordy.com which >> delivery hardware + software for the home marked based on Ubuntu. >> >> 1. They will support you in your first steps of connecting to the >> Internet by working with the ISP. >> 2. They sell Monthly (100NIS) / Yearly (600NIS) technical support. A >> home visit will cost you 250 NIS. Their support covers PC not booting, >> no X and other "user land" stuff. >> >> From the business point of view, they've sold ~100 PCs in Israel and >> are expending abroad. Their offer includes Ubuntu core + 3rd party >> software (mostly binary freeware such as Skype, games and toys). It's >> seems like a small PC shop (6 employees with hardware backing from >> d-source). >> >> On the community side, they have plans on donating hardware for >> ubuntu.org.il, I'll believe it when I see it happening. >> > > Hello list, > > Does any of you have an update on this? My brother is contemplating > buying a computer now, and he came across their advert. > > If anyone has one of those, I'd love to get in touch and hear any > comments, for better or worse. > > The one downside that I already discovered is that at least one of > their resellers advertise using SPAM. I'm going to report it to the > company and see how they handle it. > > Thanks in advance and take care, > > -- Arik > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I recently bought a new workstation from Excellnet, Ramat HaChayal branch. They don't formally support anything, but the sales mgr (Dvir) was enough of a linux type (Ubuntu) to assist me pick the "right" combination of MB, processor etc. (We checked the main items on the linux HW compatibility site at the shop.) I put up openSUSE 10.3 and everything worked "first shot" - sound, network, video etc. The box and power supply were good quality (quiet PS). They are not cheap, but then, there are no "free lunches" in this world. If you are interested, I'll provide the details of my setup, privately. Daniel --------------090803020609040808070900 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="dilogsys.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="dilogsys.vcf" YmVnaW46dmNhcmQNCmZuOkRhbmllbCBGZWlnbGluDQpuOkZlaWdsaW47RGFuaWVsDQphZHI6 OztQT0IgMzY7U2hhdmVpIFNob21yb247RG9hciBOYTs0NDg1ODtJU1JBRUwNCmVtYWlsO2lu dGVybmV0OmRpbG9nc3lzQGludGVyLm5ldC5pbA0KdGVsO3dvcms6OTcyIDkgODYxNjIwNA0K dGVsO2ZheDo5NzIgOSA4NjIxMDUyDQp0ZWw7cGFnZXI6U2t5cGUgdXNlciBJRDogYmFiYV9k YW5ueQ0KdGVsO2hvbWU6OTcyIDkgODMyMDkzOQ0KdGVsO2NlbGw6OTI3IDUyIDM4Njk5ODYN CnZlcnNpb246Mi4xDQplbmQ6dmNhcmQNCg0K --------------090803020609040808070900-- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
