First look at Dell's Ubuntu boxes
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| One cool feature is the recovery mode, which understandably pulls
| from a full Ubuntu image stored on a FAT32 partition. Nice touch,
| and congruent with other recovery systems from Dell.
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http://apcmag.com/6339/first_look_at_dells_ubuntu_boxes
Inconvenient truths: PC vs. Mac, Windows vs. Linux, us vs. them, et al.
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| The only "modern" PC I have access to is my Dell 3 GHz Pentium 4 with
| 512 MB RAM, and I'm not at liberty to install anything huge (read: a
| Linux distro) to the hard drive.
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| I suspect that on a newish PC, the big Linux distributions run like
| so much buttah and that any speed advantages that an old version of
| Windows offers is far outshined by the added security, equality and
| fraternity of free Linux.
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| It's always better to have new, maxed-out hardware -- a luxury I've
| never had (besides that, I'm too cheap). And it's mandatory to try
| before you buy. With Linux, it's easy. Once you have a broadband
| Internet connection and a CD (or preferably DVD) burner and have
| learned how to turn an ISO into a bootable disc, you have the keys
| to quite a kingdom.
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http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2007/06/inconvenient_truths_pc_vs_mac.html
Related:
I got my Ubuntu pre-installed Dell E520N today!!
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| The bottom line so far is that I'm very pleased with the value I g
| ot with this machine. My first evening of use has been very
| satisfying. With the dual core processor and gig of RAM it's
| very, very smooth and quick. Note that I purposefully didn't
| do anything that required the command line. It's been a good experience.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/6/1/20868
Ubuntu Linux on my Dell XPS M1210
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| What I love most about Ubuntu on Dell is the lack of crappy
| 3rd party software that is typically shipped with their
| computers. When I bought Dell's in the past I'd basically
| strip the entire hard drive and do a fresh Windows install
| so I wouldn't have all those extra programs on my computer
| which I'd never use. To tell you the truth Ubuntu already
| comes with too much stuff for my tastes but it's really
| easy to uninstall unwanted applications in this OS.
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| Just remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it's likely available via
| open-source.
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http://www.planetc1.com/cgi-bin/n/v.cgi?c=1&id=1180636878
Review of Dell XPS 410n with Ubuntu Feisty preinstalled
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| I received my XPS with Ubuntu today. The first thing I will say is
| that when the Fedex guy delivered it he asked if Dell was having some
| kind of liquidation sale because he has delivered more Dells today
| than ever before. He told me that he had already delivered five and
| there were eleven more on the truck. (Just throwing that out there.)
|
| [...]
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| I think Dell has done a good thing with this system. They obviously
| made an effort with resolution detection (which was going to be sore
| no matter what) and did an excellent job of keeping those crapware
| leeches off the system.
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2764621#post2764621
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