On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertis...@gmx.com>wrote:
> On 23/08/11 11:12, David Jones wrote: > >> The website mentioned is probably http://nakedcomputers.org/ >> > Both pcspecialist and Novatech each have an active Linux forum in their > forums area, and they will supply barebones. There's usually someone (often > a staff member) who will know what hardware is OK and what is not. However, > a pcspecialist staff member told me that they will get in a batch of laptops > and they will be fine. The next batch of the identical model will suddenly > have moved over to an unsupported chipset for wifi or something else. This > is one reason laptops for Ubuntu are not easy to source. > > Remember I mentioned Cougar-Extreme? Patrick is a Linux friendly person on > their staff. He is willing to source two makes of barebones laptop/netbook. > Might be worth a phone-call? He is also willing to install Ubuntu to order > on desktops, but will make a charge to cover labour. Might be worth asking > if he could do the same for a laptop. I didn't ask that question. > > Regards, Barry. > > -- > Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. > http://ubuntuadverts.org/ > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> > +1 for pcspecialist.co.uk. I got mine from them last year - No trouble what so ever, cheap too. Best Regards, Dave Hanson
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