John wrote (about importing a laptop from the USA): >What about getting somebody to buy it for me as a gift,
That's fine so long as you're happy using an American keyboard. Frankly that'd drive me nuts; the at-symbol where double-quotes should be, hash where the pound sign should be, double-quotes where the at-symbol should be, and the pound sign nowhere to be found. http://www.saunalahti.fi/janij/blog/images/2007_feb_us_keyboard_layout.p ng I use Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 on a Dell Inspiron 1520. It's wonderful. Andrew Oakley Head of Software Development Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 95 Promenade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 1HZ T 01242 211460 F 01242 211122 W www.hesa.ac.uk <http://www.hesa.ac.uk/> _____________________________________________________________________ Higher Education Statistics Agency Ltd (HESA) is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England at 95 Promenade Cheltenham GL50 1HZ. Registered No. 2766993. The members are Universities UK and GuildHE. Registered Charity No. 1039709. Certified to ISO 9001 and BS 7799. HESA Services Ltd (HSL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of HESA, registered in England at the same address. Registered No. 3109219. _____________________________________________________________________ This outgoing email was virus scanned for HESA by MessageLabs. _____________________________________________________________________ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/