It's a bit unfair on Windows to say that photo editing software is at
additional cost methinks, when that's a choice the Windows users make
- they could go for GIMP and get it free too (same goes for
Openoffice).
Sean
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On 15/06/2010 21:18, Matthew C. Bassett wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 16:29 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
>
>> Am I right in thinking this Poulsbo chip has the integrated PowerVR
>> graphics core for 3D graphics?
>>
>> Makes me wonder why Intel don't just buy up PowerVR and then release an
>> open s
On Tuesday 15 June 2010 21:04:38 Chris Rowson wrote:
> Please feel free to point out any errors etc. I might work this into a
> how to and publish it on the 'tinterweb (of course giving proper
> attribution to folk such as Tyler) as instructions on how to do this
> seem to be spread across quite a
The government of Uruguay has chosen linux as the OS for the upgraded
OLPC device XO-HS. Uruguay already has 380,000 of the original machines
in its primary schools, and has now ordered 90,000 of the more capable
laptops for its secondary schools. The XO-HS is capable of running
Windows but the Uru
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 16:29 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> Am I right in thinking this Poulsbo chip has the integrated PowerVR
> graphics core for 3D graphics?
>
> Makes me wonder why Intel don't just buy up PowerVR and then release an
> open source driver (as it seems that for their older GMA chipse
>>> Here's the my current level of understanding! If anyone can fill in
>>> the gaps (or correct me if I'm wrong) I'd be really grateful.
>>
>> (snipped for brevity)
>>
>> Your stated understanding is correct, as far as I know it.
>>
>>> What I'm still hazy on is this:
>>>
>>> cgi is slower than fa
On 15 June 2010 16:59, Stephen Garton wrote:
> Documented? Yes. In a form that anyone else could understand? Not yet!
:)
> Wifey is out tonight, so I was planning on writing up into a blog post
> tonight when the little one has gone to bed. Then I can look at
> finding out how to get back on pla
On 15 June 2010 16:19, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 15 June 2010 16:11, Stephen Garton wrote:
>> I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10
>> (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had
>> some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working properly in
>
On 15/06/10 16:19, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 15 June 2010 16:11, Stephen Garton wrote:
>> I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10
>> (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had
>> some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working properly in
>> Kar
On 15/06/10 16:11, Stephen Garton wrote:
> I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10
> (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had
> some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working properly in
> Karmic. I would say it is not something for the f
On 15 June 2010 16:11, Stephen Garton wrote:
> I managed to get the poulsbo 'stuff' running on my Dell Mini 10
> (running Lucid) last night. It was a lot of faff as the system had
> some dregs of stuff from getting the GMA500 chip working properly in
> Karmic. I would say it is not something for t
On 15 June 2010 10:12, Matthew Bassett wrote:
> On 15 June 2010 10:09, Bruce Beardall wrote:
>> You can also try www.pcspecialist.co.uk. I haven't used them myself but you
>> can select No Operating System when you configure your choice (same goes for
>> MS Office and Anti Virus). They do netbook
On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 17:38 +0530, raj_mo...@dell.com wrote:
> Regarding your proposal for the Dell systems (without the Microsoft Operating
> Systems) made available for the UK - Ubuntu users, and other suggestions, I
> would be referring the issue to the appropriate team and will contact you
>
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 10:04 +0100, Gordon Allott wrote:
> > But not in the UK apparently :(
> There is a reason for that! right now dell are only selling the mini 10
> netbook which is a terrible terrible machine that won't work well on
> ubuntu
I bought my mini 10v around a month ago. It's a fa
On 15/06/10 11:17, Matthew Bassett wrote:
> Rob: minor suggestion, but if you are using GMail then have you
> considered accessing your email via IMAP? This would then give you
> full access to your entire email archive on GMail, plus any gmail
> label assignment (although GMail labels are mapped t
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 10:10 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote:
>
> That's very interesting... (Though they do already sell a Dell Mini
> 10n in the States)
>
> I'll wait then. It's a race. Between Linux Emporium (Lenevo IdeaPad
> S10-3?) and Dell UK (Mini 10n? Or maybe that is the machine with the
>
On 15 June 2010 10:09, Bruce Beardall wrote:
> You can also try www.pcspecialist.co.uk. I haven't used them myself but you
> can select No Operating System when you configure your choice (same goes for
> MS Office and Anti Virus). They do netbooks, laptops, PCs etc.
Thanks. I'll take a look: the
Can't tell you how big a smile was on my face after reading this too!!
Great post.
The momentum is building and I am genuinely excited to seeing the growth
of Ubuntu in the next few years if not sooner!
Its a credit to the thousands of people who have put hours of their own
time into making somet
On 15 June 2010 10:04, Gordon Allott wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 09:25 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote:
>> On 14 June 2010 20:29, Barry Titterton
>> wrote:
>> > It's official:
>> >
>> > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&l=en&cs=19
>> >
>>
>> But not in the UK apparently
You can also try www.pcspecialist.co.uk. I haven't used them myself but you
can select No Operating System when you configure your choice (same goes for
MS Office and Anti Virus). They do netbooks, laptops, PCs etc.
Regards
Bruce
On 15 June 2010 09:25, Matthew Bassett wrote:
> On 14 June 2010
On 15 June 2010 09:50, Mary Mooney wrote:
> Have you tried the Linux Emporium
>
> www.linuxemporium.co.uk
>
> Based in the Midlands (of England)
>
> Mary
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I've been waiting for them to get hold of something with better
battery life than the Lenevo IdeaPad S10-2-3 (li
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 09:25 +0100, Matthew Bassett wrote:
> On 14 June 2010 20:29, Barry Titterton
> wrote:
> > It's official:
> >
> > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&l=en&cs=19
> >
>
> But not in the UK apparently :(
>
> I have been trying to find a Linux pre-instal
Have you tried the Linux Emporium
www.linuxemporium.co.uk
Based in the Midlands (of England)
Mary
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On 14 June 2010 20:29, Barry Titterton
wrote:
> It's official:
>
> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&l=en&cs=19
>
But not in the UK apparently :(
I have been trying to find a Linux pre-installed netbook to purchase
in the UK since the beginning of the year, and Dell we
Rob: minor suggestion, but if you are using GMail then have you
considered accessing your email via IMAP? This would then give you
full access to your entire email archive on GMail, plus any gmail
label assignment (although GMail labels are mapped to IMAP folders,
not as nice as using IMAP keywords
Liam, Alan, Tyler, Rob and Silner (+anyone else that I may have forgotten),
Many thanks for all of your observations and suggestions. I have learned
a couple of things. Firstly the pae kernel! (I should point out that I
was aware of the limitations re memory and the 32 bit version. I had
upgrad
On 14 Jun 2010, at 20:29, Barry Titterton wrote:
> It's official:
>
> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?
> c=us&l=en&cs=19
>
> There is also a tick chart at the bottom of the page that is a fair
> comparison of Ubuntu with Windows. It made me smile.
>
> Barry
>
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Did anyone see this yesterday?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/14/dell_ubuntu_windows_security/
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It's official:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&l=en&cs=19
There is also a tick chart at the bottom of the page that is a fair
comparison of Ubuntu with Windows. It made me smile.
Barry
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