On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 14:19 +0100, Barry Drake wrote: > Bruno Girin wrote: > > How heavily customised? Does it come with non-standard software and > > drivers or is it just a case of having it heavily Dell branded? > Heavily branded, as you'd expect, but annoying things like no easy > access to upgrades, repositories other than the pre-installed one and so > on. I know all these things are easy to overcome with a bit of script > editing, but it's even easier to start over and re-install the whole > system. Other than the software sources gui app, the software is very > standard, and the only specialised driver required is a Broadcom wifi > driver that is there in the Ubuntu restricted repo. I think you are > right in thinking that Dell regard Linux as 'niche'. It just seems a shame.
That's good to know because it means the hardware is supported out of the box so if you have the desire and knowledge to re-install the OS form scratch, you're not locked in with what Dell decided to give you. It'd be nicer if it was a stock Ubuntu on the box to start with but it's a step in the right direction. Bruno -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
