[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu in india

[Andres Muniz]

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> Having been somebody who bought an Acer Aspire One linux installed 
> computer from pcworld, the kernal installed was Linux Lite, and the guy 

got one of those! I used the linpus os for a while. (Fedora derivative?) It was the quickest boot I  had ever seen and have seen since! I changed to ubuntu netbook edition because of the  extra (easy to install) functionallity brought by softwarecentre.

> told me, they had had almost all the linux laptops returned, biggest 
> reasons, couldnt get it to connect to the internet, no support from 
> ISPs, cant update/use apple products, same with Android 
> product.....which is why stopped selling them. Acer Aspire also refused 
> to support anybody who installed any other kernel during the warranty 
> period.......
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> Nowadays, people will be reluctant to use a computer they cant use their 
> apple products with.....
> 
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i thought that the only thing that does not work is itunes. And drm books and drm videos. 
New versions of iDevices seem to update without connecting to a computer. Or so i was told. A collegue claims to only plug to computer to charge. She hates itunes.

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> On 22/06/2012 09:16, Alan Pope wrote:
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> > On 22/06/12 08:09, Chris Fox wrote:
> > > From what I recall, they did for a while and it was a monumental
> > > failure. Perhaps it was before its time, perhaps Dell didn't do a
> > > good enough job of marketing it, but either way I think they did it
> > > for a while and then binned the idea.
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> > Not true. They still sell Ubuntu laptops. I did a search just
> > yesterday and found about 10 of their models where Ubuntu was an
> > install option.
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> > http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=uk&l=en&cs=&k=ubuntu&cat=all&x=0&y=0


tried the link but when i choose one it only offers w7 on next page. I'll keep trying.



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> > Cheers,
> > - -- 
> > Alan Pope
> > Engineering Manager
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> > Canonical - Product Strategy
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