Way to go, Dell!
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| Author | Content |
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| seatex May 21, 2015 10:45 AM EDT |
Thanks Dell, for FINALLY offering a cheap Linux laptop! I wonder if you'll be getting fish heads delivered from Redmond soon? I just wish they would offer Ubuntu MATE, Xubuntu or Linux Mint preinstalled, as Unity is not the best cup of tea for new users, in my opinion. I also think the Amazon search thing will give a bad impression as well. |
| 750 May 21, 2015 1:41 PM EDT |
US only for now, but a interesting start. |
| jdixon May 21, 2015 1:41 PM EDT |
It would be nice, but it's simple enough to install the Mate or XFCE desktops. |
| nmset May 21, 2015 3:29 PM EDT |
Some minimal information about booting would have been welcome : BIOS/UEFI/optional secure boot. The first thing a non Ubuntu guy would do is install his prefered distro. Yet, it's the first offer in my view targetting the general user, from a big vendor. Hats off Dell ! |
| flufferbeer May 21, 2015 5:12 PM EDT |
@seatex, > Thanks Dell, for FINALLY offering a cheap Linux laptop! I wonder if you'll be getting fish heads delivered from Redmond soon? One question I'd ask is whether the big CanUBecomical boy$ would ever put some kinda HARD-TO-DISABLE thing on Dell's cheap linux laptop? Maybe something besides the Baboontu Amazon-search bug, like BIOS/UEFI/optional boot shenanigans? Hey, another thread discussed how some Chromebooks ALREADY do this! 2c |
| jdixon May 21, 2015 9:35 PM EDT |
> Yet, it's the first offer in my view targetting the general user, from a big vendor. Hats off Dell ! Dell offered a couple of netbooks and some of their Optiplex machines with Linux back about 6 years ago now. My Mini-9 was one of them. It cost me $200 plus shipping at the time. It still runs fine, though the battery has started to go on it. |
| seatex May 21, 2015 10:38 PM EDT |
Now if they would just offer a 17" screen version with at least 1600x900 resolution... hoping. |
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