On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 11:24 +0100, Liam Proven wrote: <snip> > > Oh I'm sure there are no insoluble problems, it's just that I don't > > really feel like spending an inordinate amount of time getting it to > > work. If I am to buy a £1000+ laptop (top of the range as I said), I > > don't particularly want to find myself with a doorstop until I hunt down > > all the right drivers. Maybe a way to resolve that issue is to go to the > > Sony shop on Tottenham Court Road armed with a LiveCD and see what it > > says :-) > > Sounds viable. Also, look up the models you're interested in, Google > their specs & check the components for any known howlers.
Apparently not plain sailing due to the Nouveau driver not supporting the graphics card (yet): http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9395297 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9234321 Anyway, that's completely off-topic now. But at least Sony don't claim they have anything running Ubuntu. That's what I'm annoyed at Dell for: they claim on their UK web site that they do have Ubuntu available but the reality is that the choice of hardware with Ubuntu is dire and their sales and support don't seem to be clued up about it at all. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
