thanks guys to everyone who answered; i've ordered and am waiting (excitedly, like a kid for god's sake....) for my new black box, virginally pure from any commerical software, consecrated to Ubuntu!! my first ever dedicated linux box.. as i said, i'm like a kid in the lead-up to Xmas! i'm going to be plaguing you guys for help when it comes, i expect.. but i AM going to invest a $100 bucks in a couple of good books so as i really learn some stuff.. to that end, i'm buying: Beginning Linux by kier thomas and the offical ubuntu book...
what's the general opinion 'round here? betw. these 2 books, do you think i will get a good, thorough introduction to ubuntu? to linux? thx again, in anticipation of some great responses, rufus On 23 Jul, 10:54, "Amos Shapira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22/07/07, Rufi_Dukes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > so, are you saying that Dell won't actually sell me a machine with > > ubuntu on it (i know they do in the states, and i think in UK) but > > that if i were to buy the one you recommend, this would be the same > > one they are using in the States to load ubuntu onto? > > That's basically what people in the Dell booth told me (as much as you can > trust their knowledge). > I've since installed Debian Etch on my E520 and everything works smoothly > (including the wide screen and 3D graphics) except that I still didn't get > to configure audio. It comes with some ICH8-based audio chip which so far I > couldn't convince ALSA to talk to, though at some stage I got xfmedia to > play something through it (maybe through OSS?). > > also, could you have a look at my fresh post with a quote from pioneer > > > and see what you make of it? > > I don't consider myself a hardware guru but the configuration you sent looks > reasonably "main stream". There isn't enough details about the audio > hardware but I suppose if they sell it with Ubuntu pre-installed then it's > supported. > I think Ubuntu has a good wiki site which lists supported hardware. > > Cheers, > > --Amos > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs:http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
