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Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "symon victor thuo" <[email protected]> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 19 September, 2012 12:48:11 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] Dell and Ubuntu hey admin pliz unsubscribe me from your mailing system On 9/19/12, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > 18", 8Gb RAM and 8 Cores for me, but I am impressed that they are try to > court the developer community. A Redhat version is also in the works. > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Bagyenda" <[email protected]> > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 19 September, 2012 10:45:23 AM > Subject: Re: [LUG] Dell and Ubuntu > > We'll, at least for me, switching between keyboard form factors is too much > trouble, so I stick to one machine (laptop) even when in office. Because of > the real estate issues, no Mac Air for me thank you. When I need the extra > VMs and/or screen size, there a two-headed iMac 20" that does the trick > nicely. > > Cloud is a no-no because connectivity is too often an issue: We do quite a > bit of work for telcos, and their networks will usually filter out most > traffic. I've been to offices where gmail access is not permitted! Not to > mention ISP troubles here... > > P. > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 10:37, Victor van Reijswoud wrote: > >> Good points. 13" is small, even with HD. But do you not connect this >> to a bigger screen when you are in the office? At the same time I see >> a lot of developers running around with a MacBook Air..... Doesn't >> seem to be different. >> >> Hard Disk: Cloud is the way to go. My hard disk is empty these days..... >> >> V >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Brian Ssennoga <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> My Sentiments Exactly! And am not even a core developer... >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Colour me hard-to-please but really I think not. >>>> 1. 13" is far too small. Your average developer these days likes a bit >>>> more screen real estate because they have many windows open at a time >>>> (browser windows on a couple of reference documents, multiple source >>>> windows, etc). 15" is at the lower limit in my view, 17" would be good, >>>> but >>>> then the laptops tend to be heavy. >>>> 2. 4GB of RAM! Again from what I have seen, developers tend to run VMs >>>> from time to time, to test how things work in other environments (say >>>> for >>>> example how a site renders in IE8). Run your typical Windows VM in 4GB >>>> and >>>> see what happens. >>>> 3. Hard drive too small. Most people I know will have filled that with >>>> the >>>> music they listen to as they work. >>>> >>>> Slapping Ubuntu on this aint nearly enough. >>>> >>>> P. >>>> >>>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 09:44, Victor van Reijswoud wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is this the developer Linux dream machine? >>>>> >>>>> http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/campaigns/sputnik.aspx >>>>> >>>>> V >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>>>> >>>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>>>> >>>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>>> >>>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>>>> (including >>>>> attachments if any). 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