[ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

2015-09-22 Thread Steve Mynott
Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook like form factor) with good linux support? I assume netbooks themselves are pretty dead (which is a pity since some had decent keyboards). Has anyone found anything similar? I suppose a chromebook running the libfakeroot linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

2015-09-22 Thread J Fernyhough
On 22/09/15 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote: > Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook > like form factor) with good linux support? Refurbished Lenovos. I got an X61 a couple of years ago for £60 and it's (still) excellent. You should be able to find some X201 for around

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

2015-09-22 Thread Alan Pope
On 22 September 2015 at 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote: > Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook > like form factor) with good linux support? > http://www.ebuyer.com/ubuntu One of those perhaps. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

2015-09-22 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 22 September 2015 at 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote: > Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook > like form factor) with good linux support? > > I assume netbooks themselves are pretty dead (which is a pity since > some had decent keyboards). > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] . Re: Twin DVD drives not mounting

2015-09-22 Thread Penelope Stowe
Vinux is going to be the best you get if you want something purely Ubuntu based using Unity. Whatever derivative of Ubuntu that uses Gnome 3 may also work as the Gnome Accessibility team is much larger & active than anything we've ever been able to gather for Ubuntu. I attempted to get life into

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

2015-09-22 Thread T T Mooney
Depends on what formfactor you're after. There should be plenty of options if you'll consider secondhand/refurbished. The Thinkpad X series is good. My X220 is still chugging along. I have a Samsung Chromebook that I bought to run Arm Linux on, but it was never fantastic. When my Pi-Top

[ubuntu-uk] . Re: Twin DVD drives not mounting

2015-09-22 Thread David Goldsbrough
Many thanks for all the contributions to date. I have learnt a great deal from these and my further researches. When it comes to LUG I tried to involve myself years ago but sadly I live too far away in Wiltshire to involve myself with that one which is largely defunct now I think and the ones

Re: [ubuntu-uk] . Re: Twin DVD drives not mounting

2015-09-22 Thread Liam Proven
On 22 September 2015 at 15:59, David Goldsbrough wrote: > I am now in my early 60s and have vast IT experience including a former > HP-UX systems administrator - quite some years ago now. In that case, you should know your way around the Unix shell. Perhaps the path to