Comments on: Michael Dell uses Ubuntu!

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:10:00 +0000

don’t know if everyone reading this post already knows or not, but Dell is indeed offering ubuntu on it’s new computers!!! How great is that, they now offer computers shipped straight by Dell with Ubuntu on them and will support Ubuntu, one more step in the right direct, I applaud Dell for this move.

By: trademark registration

trademark registration — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:52:21 +0000

Good for Mr Dell. It’s nice to see Linux spreading. Though many would argue that Ubuntu doesn’t make a linux user, but has been simplified for the masses. I think that it’s great and definitally counts you as a linux user.. after all… is it mac? is it windows?

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cpanel hosting manual — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:05:51 +0000

Cool. I always liked Dell laptops because, from my experience, they are far more reliable than any other I’ve tried (well, except a MacBook, haven’t tried it yet). I was contemplating installing Linux on my Dell, but always hesitated. I think that this post is the little push I needed

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Freelance Website Design — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:04:52 +0000

By: Dell

Dell — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:49:30 +0000

Wow, thanks for this post. I came across your post from digg and found it very enlightening. Thanks again.

By: Motorcycle Guy

Motorcycle Guy — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:18:27 +0000

I don’t think adobe sees a “free operating system” as a good market exactly. They probably are kind of wary of releasing software for people who are too cheap to even buy windows or os x.

By: oker1

oker1 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:46:01 +0000

it would be great if they sold a notebook with preinstalled linux and working drivers for all the hw.

its easy for the windows users to badmouth bad hardware support on linux, especially notebooks with all those oem parts noone knows a thing about. If hw companies would release proper linux drivers, preferably opensource, hw support would be just like windows. binary only drivers would be good compromise for new products, especially in a highly competitive field (graphic cards for example), but not the way nvidia does it, making buggy binary drivers, not releasing source/specifications even for the legacy cards.

and this whole not releasing specs, no linux support thing the vendors are doing is a vicious circle, they wont support linux until its widespread, but the userbase will not really grow without PERFECT hw support.

vista is about nothing more than eye candy + copyright enforcement + feeding the hw industry, if people would realize this it would be a great opportunity for linux

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:13:50 +0000

Oh, forgot to mention, if Dell started bundling ubuntu with their computers that would be awesome because then you would have the “Mac effect” where the OS is guaranteed to work well with the hardware because the hardware is known. Ubuntu could have a badge campaign much like the “Works with Windows” badges so users could know which peripherals also work with the OS.

By: al

al — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:15:31 +0000

what about Kubuntu?
best regards from the mediterranean see

By: candtalan

candtalan — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:19:15 +0000

Installs:
Ubuntu install says clearly that the default install takes over the hard drive, if you do not want this read the options carefully.
There is also a resize option and a manual option. The latest version gives two guided options and a manual option.

Multimedia codecs:
The latest version will find and install these for you if you wish

Wireless:
the latest version comes with drivers already installed (in the kernel)