On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:26 PM, someone <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried to order an Inspiron mini 10 Ubuntu 9.1.0 mobilon 2.1 Dell laptop. > > The keyword is tried. The laptop came without an operating system. > The laptop came without media. To make matters worse, sending the > laptop to the shop to be diagnosed for hardware problems, it came back > to me without an operating system and without media. > > DELL tried really hard to push me into installing Ubuntu 8.04 telling me that > 9.1.0 is not supported and that they can't send me media for it. I > asked why I couldn't send the laptop back in to have the proper > contractual version of Ubuntu installed. DELL still insisted that > they cannot install that going even further suggesting that I could > download the generic version and install it myself. Hello, I don't > order a DELL laptop with Linux pre installed just to turn around and > install Linux on it myself. > > DELL ran my mother around Elmer's barn for 5 hours and brought her to > tears. Finally, I got tough and said basically, you have three > options. Option 1, take the laptop back into the shop and install the > contractual version of > Linux on it. Option 2, send me media to install Ubuntu 9.1.0 (mobilon > 2.1). Option 3, take the laptop back and refund the purchase price at > your expense. > > I asked DELL if there is an official site I can download the copy of Linux > that is supposed to be on the laptop from, they said that there isn't one.
Michael - I hope this can help you sort the situation out. http://moblin.org/downloads that's what you'll need. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
