I know that google is a good friend, however it is also nice to talk
about such things.
I have a friend of a friend who wants to buy a Ubuntu laptop. She has
already checked out that the 10 inch mini units have displays which
are to small for her elderly eyesight, so the question was passed to
http://nakedcomputers.org/category/europe/uk/ is also a good friend, do
let me know if you find a supplier I don't already have on the list.
Alan.
alan c wrote:
> I know that google is a good friend, however it is also nice to talk
> about such things.
>
> I have a friend of a friend who wa
Alan Bell wrote:
> http://nakedcomputers.org/category/europe/uk/ is also a good friend, do
> let me know if you find a supplier I don't already have on the list.
>
here's one: (Can't vouch for it...)
EfficientPC
http://www.efficientpc.co.uk/
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Gordon wrote:
> Alan Bell wrote:
>
>> http://nakedcomputers.org/category/europe/uk/ is also a good friend, do
>> let me know if you find a supplier I don't already have on the list.
>>
>>
>
> here's one: (Can't vouch for it...)
> EfficientPC
> http://www.efficientpc.co.uk/
>
>
Another o
2009/6/9 Rob Beard :
> Another option, not sure if you'd thought of is to have a look at
> laptops in the right price range and then search online to see if anyone
> has had any problems with Ubuntu. I did that when choosing a laptop. I
> was going to go for an eiSystem laptop from PC World for a
Andrew Turner wrote:
>
> Dell will refund the cost of Windows without you having to send
> anything off. But I guess the OP was looking for an Ubuntu
> pre-installed machine in order to send a message to the manufacture
> showing that there is a demand for such a thing.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
>
Ye
2009/6/9 Rob Beard :
> Yeah seems to be easier said than done unfortunately.
>
> Rob
I've done it myself a couple of months ago. All I had to do was email
Dell support, stating that I was unable to accept the EULA that comes
with Vista, and they refunded me the money straight away.
Cheers,
Andrew
Gordon wrote:
> Alan Bell wrote:
>
>> http://nakedcomputers.org/category/europe/uk/ is also a good friend, do
>> let me know if you find a supplier I don't already have on the list.
>>
>>
>
> here's one: (Can't vouch for it...)
> EfficientPC
> http://www.efficientpc.co.uk/
>
>
already
>
> Dell will refund the cost of Windows without you having to send
> anything off. But I guess the OP was looking for an Ubuntu
> pre-installed machine in order to send a message to the manufacture
> showing that there is a demand for such a thing.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
Let's be clear here, Dell w
Andrew Turner wrote:
> 2009/6/9 Rob Beard :
>
>> Yeah seems to be easier said than done unfortunately.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
> I've done it myself a couple of months ago. All I had to do was email
> Dell support, stating that I was unable to accept the EULA that comes
> with Vista, and they refund
LeeGroups wrote:
>> Dell will refund the cost of Windows without you having to send
>> anything off. But I guess the OP was looking for an Ubuntu
>> pre-installed machine in order to send a message to the manufacture
>> showing that there is a demand for such a thing.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrew
>>
2009/6/9 Rob Beard :
> I was talking about getting a laptop with Ubuntu pre-installed rather
> than getting a refund. If I was to get a machine from Dell and didn't
> need the copy of Windows then I'd also go for a refund.
>
> Rob
Ah, sorry. Misunderstood you.
I did ask Dell a while back if they
>>> Dell will refund the cost of Windows without you having to send
>>> anything off. But I guess the OP was looking for an Ubuntu
>>> pre-installed machine in order to send a message to the manufacture
>>> showing that there is a demand for such a thing.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>
Alan Bell wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
>> Alan Bell wrote:
>>
>>> http://nakedcomputers.org/category/europe/uk/ is also a good friend, do
>>> let me know if you find a supplier I don't already have on the list.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> here's one: (Can't vouch for it...)
>> EfficientPC
>> http://www.effici
Andrew Turner wrote:
> 2009/6/9 Rob Beard :
>> Another option, not sure if you'd thought of is to have a look at
>> laptops in the right price range and then search online to see if anyone
>> has had any problems with Ubuntu. I did that when choosing a laptop. I
>> was going to go for an eiSystem
da...@boavon.plus.com wrote:
> I know very little about such things. However, I'm not too bad at reading
> and there is a reasonable article in the July edition of LINUX Format
> covering a little about this sort of problem. Apparantly on the
> accompanying DVD there is a copy of the article writ
LeeGroups wrote:
>> hmm, maybe I should start collecting photos of such anti-competitive
>> practices in a hall of shame on the nakedcomputers.org site.
>>
>> I don't suppose you have the box still do you?
>>
> Still, have the box, yes. But I was so angry at the time, I got my phone
> out an
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Alan
Bell wrote:
> LeeGroups wrote:
>>> hmm, maybe I should start collecting photos of such anti-competitive
>>> practices in a hall of shame on the nakedcomputers.org site.
>>>
>>> I don't suppose you have the box still do you?
>>>
>> Still, have the box, yes. But I
>> wow. That is a very clear notice.
>>
>> Quality Seal
>> Importants Notice: TOSHIBA Corporation (TOSHIBA) and/or its subsidiaries
>> currently sell personal computers with pre-installed Microsoft operating
>> system as computing solution. Please note, notwithstanding anything to
>> the contrary
alan c wrote:
> It is a situation in the shallow end of a probably a much deeper
> populist swing away from Windows. The customer is a friend of an
> elderly non technical friend of mine. My friend found that their
> existing old laptop was grinding to a halt with XP, was happy to try
> Ubuntu in e
Alan Bell wrote:
[...]
> What do we want?
> Naked Computers!
> When do we want it?
> Now!
good one!
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Alan Bell wrote:
> alan c wrote:
>
>> It is a situation in the shallow end of a probably a much deeper
>> populist swing away from Windows. The customer is a friend of an
>> elderly non technical friend of mine. My friend found that their
>> existing old laptop was grinding to a halt with XP, wa
The last barrier to ditching MS completely is two-fold.
One - updating my Garmin Nuvi Satnav (the web updatyer apparently is
only for Windows) and secondly back-up and restore of my Nokia mobile
via Nokia PC Suite.
There seem to be one or two sync apps for Nokia - anything to be
recommended?
Gordon wrote:
> The last barrier to ditching MS completely is two-fold.
> One - updating my Garmin Nuvi Satnav (the web updatyer apparently is
> only for Windows) and secondly back-up and restore of my Nokia mobile
> via Nokia PC Suite.
>
> There seem to be one or two sync apps for Nokia - anyth
mac wrote:
> I'm going to download Fedora 11 tomorrow and see whether that's got the
> right kernel modules and drivers.
Update, for anyone interested:
Fedora 11 has the linuxwacom 0.8.2.2 driver, which doesn't work with the
Intuos4. Looks like I'll have to wait till Ubuntu 9.10.
mac
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Jason Liquorish wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
>> The last barrier to ditching MS completely is two-fold.
>> One - updating my Garmin Nuvi Satnav (the web updatyer apparently is
>> only for Windows) and secondly back-up and restore of my Nokia mobile
>> via Nokia PC Suite.
>>
>> There seem to be one or t
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