Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of laptop

2014-11-05 Thread Paul Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/14 17:59, Gareth France wrote: > I understand exactly what you mean and to be honest even if I got > a Ubuntu preinstall on a machine I would most likely swap hard > drives and use this install I'm using now or wipe and reinstall to > my sta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of laptop

2014-11-05 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 03/11/14 12:57, Gareth France wrote: I firmly believe part of the problem with Linux adoption is that we all go out, buy Windows machines and then wipe them. This sends out the message to manufacturers that we want Windows on our machines and so the cycle continues. I'm looking to purchas

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of laptop

2014-11-05 Thread Simon Greenwood
> > >> Thanks >> > > Don't System 76 ship to the UK now? > https://system76.com/ > They do but you would still get hit by customs charges if you import one and they are the same Clevo laptops that PC Specialist sell which you can buy without an OS and use the System76 drivers on. s/ > > -- Twi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Choice of laptop

2014-11-05 Thread Bill B.
On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 11:42 +, Paul Sutton wrote: > What we need to know before that is that the hardware works with Linux > so having a live cd to hand ti test, id any internal components and > then cross reference those to databases of Linux friendly hardware. We also need to [always], wheth