<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/5/10 Mac <<a href="mailto:Ammonius.Grammaticus@googlemail.com">Ammonius.Grammaticus@googlemail.com</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">London School of Puppetry wrote:<br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> Hi there I am about to buy a new laptop- I was told that Dell do one with<br>
> Hardy Heron already installed. Is this ok, oe should I get one with nothing<br>
> then put HH onto it. I suppose this is just<br>
> -- -basic advice I need. Caroline<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>I bought Dell's entry-level laptop last year (then, the 6400N) with<br>
Feisty pre-installed. Worked flawlessly; and upgraded to Gutsy without<br>
a hitch.<br>
<br>
Dell are currently selling these:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/34fctn" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/34fctn</a><br>
<br>
The laptops look as though they come with Gutsy. Should upgrade OK in<br>
the normal way.<br>
<br>
I've been very happy with my Dell laptop - solid, reliable, and the<br>
cheap one seems good value for money. I'd buy another if I needed a laptop.<br>
<br>
Only thing to mention is that Dell partitions the disk rather<br>
idiosyncratically. If you want a classic partitioning scheme - e.g.<br>
'/' + 'swap' + '/home' - you're going to have to reinstall Ubuntu on the<br>
Dell. And in that case, you might want to consider other options, where<br>
you'd have to install the OS yourself anyway. But, of course, you can<br>
be confident with the Dells that the hardware will work, even if you do<br>
reinstall.<br>
<br>
HTH<br>
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Mac<br>
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</div></div></blockquote><div><br><a href="http://www.linuxpreloaded.com/">http://www.linuxpreloaded.com/</a><br>May help you to fins a good source for a GNU/Linux pre-installed laptop. :) <br><br>Hope it helps. <br></div>
</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Andrew Alexander Barber