[Ubuntu-be] Ghent event box + upcoming Ubuntu 11.04

[Matthew Deboysere]

Maybe you could try and make an agreement with Ghent's multimedia shop Forcom?

I heard they sometimes have pc's they can't sell anymore because they are too old, or maybe they have spare pc parts which they can give away for free so you could assemble a working desktop yourself?

Matt

Op 14-feb-2011, om 16:28 heeft kennywest het volgende geschreven:

> As all of you probably know, Canonical has more or less abandoned the
> traditional Gnome desktop in favour of the Unity interface. Apparently, if
> your graphics card does not support 3D acceleration, the interface falls
> back to the traditional Gnome desktop. Since Unity is one of the main new
> features for the upcoming 11.04 release, we should be able to show this new
> interface, along with all the bells and whistles.
> The Ghent event box has 2 IBM Thinkpad R51 laptops, which were donated by my
> employer. These laptops have an ATI card, supporting 3D acceleration, but
> there are no drivers available for Linux. The ATI drivers available from
> AMD's website only support newer hardware. This means there's no way to
> demonstrate the new Unity interface on the next Dipro fair in Ghent.
> Any bright ideas or comments on this subject? What about other event boxes?
> Do they have newer hardware, supporting 3D acceleration?