On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Michael C. Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't know why, but Dell can not or will not provide installation media > for Ubuntu. To make matters worse, Dell somehow shipped the little > laptop without any operating system whatsoever. If Ubuntu had been > installed, there is supposedly a way to create installation media. > Between being forced to have a hard drive and Dell forgetting to > install Ubuntu Linux, I'm a bit shocked. I really wanted to have > Linux installed on an SSD, especially in something this small. Asus > used to offer a version of Debian on the Eee PC installed to a 20G SSD, > but they discontinued that and went to a Windows 7 or Windows XP only > policy. Dell offers the SSD for Windows XP, but not for Linux (lame). > > I can't complain about Dell wanting to service the laptop. The plastic > isn't even removed completely. I think there is room in the market for > someone to do Linux based laptops better than this. I was worried > talking with Dell that they didn't realize the laptop is supposed to > have Linux on it. Maybe Dell will get it's act together. > Unfortunately, Dell appears to be the only Linux act in town with Asus > bowing out. Who else is offering Linux pre installed laptops? I think > there really is room for someone to come to market focused on Linux and > not offering Windows at all. Another thing, Ubuntu is popular but > Ubuntu isn't the only reasonable Linux choice. > > If you can support cutting edge hardware and actually get it to perform > reasonably well under Linux, even if that means some proprietary > drivers, then there really is no need for Windows. I see the gaming > industry starting to embrace Linux and with better graphics there is > more to use graphics for than just games. I'm not satisfied with this > experience so far, though I could consider this an anomaly. In general > though, a lot had to be given up to get Linux as the OS where I > shouldn't have had to give up SSD, multi core processor, etcetera. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
Google found this http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/ubuntu-netbook-remix/271-dell-mini-9-ubuntu-restore-iso-image.html Not sure which mini you have but the install media should be available out there somewhere on the internet if not via Dell directly. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
