On Jan 24, 2008 11:46 AM, Matt Standish <mstandish@gmail.com> wrote:
I'd be interested to know if the hardward all lasts. I have known too many people whose Dell laptops haven't held up very long, so I have always been to afraid to try one out. Other than that, I am glad they have given a nod to Linux. I hope more follow suit. I do think the Thinkpad is a better bet quality wise.
Not that mine is going to be any better. I am running Gutsy on a Gateway. Everything works now: that took several dist upgrades. I started with it brand new with 6.06 and kept going up. I didn't get sound until 7.04 and finally got broadcom wireless working with 7.10. So now everything works including the built in card reader, and I am pretty happy with it. But I don't know how these hold over the years.
Matthew
Well... I haven't tried that yet. I'll let you know.--On Jan 24, 2008 11:09 AM, Michel Salim < michel.sylvan@gmail.com> wrote:Suspend works out of the box too? Argh, I knew I should not have
bought the Thinkpad!
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Michel--
On Jan 24, 2008 9:40 AM, Matt Standish < mstandish@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am running Ubuntu on a 1330 now. All the hardware worked out of the box,
> including the cam.
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> On Jan 24, 2008 8:57 AM, David Bell < dtbell99@gmail.com > wrote:
> > For all Macbook Air fans, Dell is releasing the XPS 1330n with Ubuntu
> > in the U.S. starting in February. No pricing yet, but rock on, another
> > Ubuntu laptop!
> >
> > http://www.mobilewhack.com/dell-xps-1330n-ubuntu-powered-laptop/
> > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5605271273.html
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> > Dave Bell
> > dtbell99@gmail.com
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I'd be interested to know if the hardward all lasts. I have known too many people whose Dell laptops haven't held up very long, so I have always been to afraid to try one out. Other than that, I am glad they have given a nod to Linux. I hope more follow suit. I do think the Thinkpad is a better bet quality wise.
Not that mine is going to be any better. I am running Gutsy on a Gateway. Everything works now: that took several dist upgrades. I started with it brand new with 6.06 and kept going up. I didn't get sound until 7.04 and finally got broadcom wireless working with 7.10. So now everything works including the built in card reader, and I am pretty happy with it. But I don't know how these hold over the years.
Matthew
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