Dell Ubuntu Video

[Basil Chupin]

On 24/07/10 06:57, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>  wrote:
>    
>> On 23/07/10 12:46, Michael Haney wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Jason Taylor<killerkiwi2005 at gmail.com>    wrote:
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>>>> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/best-advert-for-ubuntu-you-probably.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29
>>>>
>>>>          
>> There is one fatal flaw in this "advert": while the Dell may work very
>> well with Ubuntu, some of the attached hardware may not work- for
>> example most Canon printers or scanners and so on. There should be at
>> least some disclaimer/warning in this "ad".
>>      
> I disagree. The ad already goes more than a minute. Where would the
> disclaimers and warnings stop? Should you mention the potential
> dangers of using a laptop on your lap? The greenhouse effect of
> downloading and installing software updates? The economic effects of
> putting a Microsoft employee out of work?
>    

All you need is to have an overlay, of which there are several during 
this ad, about the issue which I raised as a known nasty for Linux systems.

All the other ones you mention are nothing but being argumentative for 
the sake of being argumentative.

BC


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