[ubuntu-in] Dell with ubuntu

[mallikarjun arjun]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Sanjay Bhangar
> <sanjaybhangar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Aanjhan R <aanjhan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:14 PM, mallikarjun arjun
> >> <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Actually i am thinking of buying dell with ubuntu laptop. The 2
> options
> >> > i am
> >> > looking for are XPSM1330 and XPSM1530
> >> > Is anybody using those laptops if so please suggest me.
> >
> > I am using the Inspiron 1525 - I'm really happy with it, although its
> > overheated a few times and ACPI has shutdown on me - but that is also
> > because  I was over-stressing the poor baby a bit ..
> >>
> >>
> >> XPS M1330 is a very good buy. Do you get those pre-loaded with Ubuntu in
> >> India?
> >
> > Unfortunately, I dont believe you get them pre-loaded with Ubuntu in
> India.
> > I assumed that since they sold the model with Ubuntu abroad, everything
> > would work flawlessly out of the box with ubuntu. While this was true for
> > most things, I remember there being some problems with sound, etc.
> > Basically, Dell has its own release of Ubuntu with some of its
> proprietary
> > drivers packaged in and it was available only as a DVD which meant a
> 2-week
> > download, etc... it is nicer if you can get it from abroad with ubuntu
> > pre-loaded, should save some bucks  as well.. (although you wont get the
> > pleasure that I did of formatting the Vista drive and ripping off the
> > sticker... :) )
>
> If I remember correctly, the sound problems were on Intel HDA cards
> due to old alsa. Hence Dell backported new alsa drivers.
>
> The only proprietary part in Dell OEM installation of Ubuntu is the
> DVD player. Rest it is stock Ubuntu Hardy now.
>
> By the way, in case you are getting it from US, you may also want to
> take a look at system76 [1]. They have been providing machines with
> Ubuntu preloaded for long, even before Dell started doing it.
>
> [1] http://system76.com/
>
>
> Onkar
> --
> Passion - Some people climb mountains - others write Free software.
> Don't ask why - the reason is the same.
>
> --
>

I found system76 costlier than dell with ubuntu preinstalled. except nice
processor nothing seems to be better than dell also i saw the review on
http://www.linux.com/feature/60932, I am not satisfied with system76. Thanks
for the input onkar

Mallikarjun
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