These are very good points guys, I will certainly look into the available
systems, and keep a close eye on the technology. At this point I have the
option of keeping my current device and working through the issues, or moving
to one of the suggested devices. I will have a think about what is
The info here is fascinating. For someone with a technical background, albeit
not in I.T, I find the challenges posed by migrating to free software a real
brain teaser. I like that.
Perhaps by learning to write software and becoming proficient I can provide
help to the community. At least I
Hi all.
From the Acorn Electron and BBC Basic, through the limbo of beige boxes
running Windows, then Apple before the fascism became too ugly to bear...and
now to Ubuntu and my little Acer, it's been quite a journey. Now looking to
move to the world of free software. I'm new to this and I
Thanks guys. To me these issues are inconvenient, but in the great scheme of
things probably not. I understand RMS's Leemote had no suspend/hibernate
function, but he seemed to manage OK. He seems to use his Laptop as no more
than an email tool. At least it's a free tool!
As a relatively
Yes. Give show the people free software, and praise it's virtues, but give
them a system to run it on that works as well as or better than the non free
devices and software they're currently using.
In our rapidly building surveillance society where more liberty is eroded
daily, I can see the
Hi all.
I won't beat around the bush. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 on an Acer Aspire
V5-122P, and once I wiped Windows, out of the box Ubuntu works. Wifi,
brightness, suspend/hibernate, the lot. It's great. Even getting this far
from where I've come from was a learning experience.
However...I'm
I have tried Trisquel 7 in a full installation, and this is the only Free
distro that works with my wifi card. I will still have issues with
brightness, and suspend/hibernate. These don't work at all except in Ubuntu.
I went back to Ubuntu because of these issues, but doing so makes me feel
