On Sunday, 30 בAugust 2009 07:52:18 Boaz Rymland wrote: > ... or, go "for sure" on the Linux pre-installed ones.
Just a general warning (don't know if it applies to this specific model). Many devices on the market with Linux pre-installed have some binary components that make them worthless -- install your own version and many important features will stop working. As an example you can take all netbooks with Intel GMA-500 graphics chipset (Poulsbo) which needs binary blobs to function. AFAIK, many of Dell's netbooks are equipped with this chipset, so although they are pre-installed with Ubuntu your install/upgrade options are very restricted. This is an example of really bad move from Intel who otherwise has excellent free software support for its hardware. -- Oron Peled Voice: +972-4-8228492 o...@actcom.co.il http://users.actcom.co.il/~oron Microsoft gives you windows, linux gives you the whole house. _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
