Re: [BLUG] New Dell Ubuntu Laptop

Well, now. Surprise! Suspend does in fact work, and works nicely too. :)

Matthew Patenaude

On Jan 24, 2008 9:49 PM, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle@gmail.com> wrote:

On Jan 24, 2008 3:39 PM, Michel Salim <michel.sylvan@gmail.com> wrote:

On Jan 24, 2008 1:58 PM, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle@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.

Most of the problematic Dells have been Inspirons, if memory serves.
The Latitudes, and the XPS, have tended to be better-constructed
(though alas, the last really-attractive-looking Latitude design was
from at least five year back).

I thought exactly the same way you did when I bought my Thinkpad.
There are several related bugs on Fedora's bugzilla documenting the
'bounce when suspending' problem -- really annoying. Though in
fairness, a friend has similar problems on a Latitude 830/Ubuntu.

Whenever Asus / Pixel Qi / whoever design a laptop from the grounds up
to run Linux, I'd be really happy. Right now, it seems that Dell is
the closest alternative..

So, Matt, is suspend working for you?


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Well, to be honest, I haven't needed to try it yet. I'll try it and let you know.

Matthew

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Re: [BLUG] New Dell Ubuntu Laptop

On Jan 24, 2008 3:39 PM, Michel Salim <michel.sylvan@gmail.com> wrote:

On Jan 24, 2008 1:58 PM, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle@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.

Most of the problematic Dells have been Inspirons, if memory serves.
The Latitudes, and the XPS, have tended to be better-constructed
(though alas, the last really-attractive-looking Latitude design was
from at least five year back).

I thought exactly the same way you did when I bought my Thinkpad.
There are several related bugs on Fedora's bugzilla documenting the
'bounce when suspending' problem -- really annoying. Though in
fairness, a friend has similar problems on a Latitude 830/Ubuntu.

Whenever Asus / Pixel Qi / whoever design a laptop from the grounds up
to run Linux, I'd be really happy. Right now, it seems that Dell is
the closest alternative..

So, Matt, is suspend working for you?


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Well, to be honest, I haven't needed to try it yet. I'll try it and let you know.

Matthew

Re: [BLUG] New Dell Ubuntu Laptop

Apropos of nothing at all, I have been running Gentoo, Ubuntu, and
Fedora 6 (along with M$ XP) on a Dell Inspiron 6000 (shudder!) for a
couple of years now with no problems. Haven't upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10
yet, but will when I get around to it.

Ron

David Bell 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
>
> Dave Bell
> dtbell99@gmail.com
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Re: [BLUG] New Dell Ubuntu Laptop

On Jan 24, 2008 1:58 PM, Matthew Patenaude <mnglfiddle@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.

Most of the problematic Dells have been Inspirons, if memory serves.
The Latitudes, and the XPS, have tended to be better-constructed
(though alas, the last really-attractive-looking Latitude design was
from at least five year back).

I thought exactly the same way you did when I bought my Thinkpad.
There are several related bugs on Fedora's bugzilla documenting the
'bounce when suspending' problem -- really annoying. Though in
fairness, a friend has similar problems on a Latitude 830/Ubuntu.

Whenever Asus / Pixel Qi / whoever design a laptop from the grounds up
to run Linux, I'd be really happy. Right now, it seems that Dell is
the closest alternative..

So, Matt, is suspend working for you?

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Re: [BLUG] New Dell Ubuntu Laptop

On Jan 24, 2008 11:46 AM, Matt Standish <mstandish@gmail.com> wrote:

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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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.
>
>
>
>
> 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
> >
> > Dave Bell
> > dtbell99@gmail.com
> > _______________________________________________
> > BLUG mailing list
> > BLUG@linuxfan.com
> > http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
> >
>
>
>
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>

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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

Re: [BLUG] New Dell Ubuntu Laptop

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!

--
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.
>
>
>
>
> 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
> >
> > Dave Bell
> > dtbell99@gmail.com
> > _______________________________________________
> > BLUG mailing list
> > BLUG@linuxfan.com
> > http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Matt Standish
> www.mattstandish.org
>

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