Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Mick wrote: > On Thursday 25 Jun 2015 16:06:31 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:36:36 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >> > > The XPS 13 at least is available as a "Developer Edition" that comes >> > > with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. >> > >> > I "dual bo

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Mick
On Thursday 25 Jun 2015 16:06:31 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:36:36 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > > > The XPS 13 at least is available as a "Developer Edition" that comes > > > with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. > > > > I "dual boot" windows and gentoo. The quotes are t

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:36:36 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > >> > The XPS 13 at least is available as a "Developer Edition" that comes >> > with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. >> >> I "dual boot" windows and gentoo. The quotes are there since

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:36:36 -0400, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > > The XPS 13 at least is available as a "Developer Edition" that comes > > with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. > > I "dual boot" windows and gentoo. The quotes are there since my current > machine (3 years old) has never been

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 25/06/2015 15:06, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: >> >>> I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled >>> with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products >>> and

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread gottlieb
On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: > >> I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled >> with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products >> and the refusal to cough up a refund when requested re

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/06/2015 15:06, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: > >> I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled >> with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products >> and the refusal to cough up a refund when requested re

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: > I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled > with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products > and the refusal to cough up a refund when requested remains > incompatible with European Directive 2005

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-25 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 24 Jun 2015 19:16:01 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 24/06/2015 19:35, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 24 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> One more thing I can add: From observation, I can say that Dell has 2 or > >> more grades of kit they sell: > >> > >> 1. Cheap shit. You find the

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 24/06/2015 19:35, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> One more thing I can add: From observation, I can say that Dell has 2 or >> more grades of kit they sell: >> >> 1. Cheap shit. You find these in supermarkets and Walmart. It's just as >> crappy as all the

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-24 Thread gottlieb
On Wed, Jun 24 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: > One more thing I can add: From observation, I can say that Dell has 2 or > more grades of kit they sell: > > 1. Cheap shit. You find these in supermarkets and Walmart. It's just as > crappy as all the other cheap shit around with the same bargain basemen

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 23/06/2015 18:53, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 21/06/2015 21:16, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >>> I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 >>> years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker >>> I am co

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread gottlieb
On Tue, Jun 23 2015, Daniel Frey wrote: > On 06/23/2015 10:50 AM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 23 2015, Christopher Jones wrote: >> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> Regarding the touch screens/tablets, Gentoo has drivers for them. I've >>> been using Gentoo on my tablet PC for years now.

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel Frey
On 06/23/2015 10:50 AM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23 2015, Christopher Jones wrote: > >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> Regarding the touch screens/tablets, Gentoo has drivers for them. I've >> been using Gentoo on my tablet PC for years now. However there's no >> swipe capability. I've rea

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread gottlieb
On Tue, Jun 23 2015, Christopher Jones wrote: > Sent from my iPhone > > Regarding the touch screens/tablets, Gentoo has drivers for them. I've > been using Gentoo on my tablet PC for years now. However there's no > swipe capability. I've read someone who did it but that was just one > person and c

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread Christopher Jones
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 21, 2015, at 3:16 PM, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > > I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 > years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker > I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo only (I > con

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-23 Thread gottlieb
On Sun, Jun 21 2015, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 21/06/2015 21:16, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: >> I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 >> years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker >> I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo o

Re: [gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-21 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 21/06/2015 21:16, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote: > I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 > years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker > I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo only (I > configure my computers to dual boot som

[gentoo-user] purchasing a dell laptop

2015-06-21 Thread gottlieb
I am seriously thinking of updating my dell 6430s laptop purchased 3 years ago. NYU has an arrangement with dell so that is the only maker I am considering. This machine will be essentially gentoo only (I configure my computers to dual boot some version of windows for ease in dealing with dell su