[ubuntu-za] Laptop without OS option
Nashvin Gangaram
nashving at gmail.com
Mon Apr 18 10:55:30 UTC 2011
Hi Shafi
I got mine from:
http://www.laptopdirect.co.za/
Just click on all the manufacturers at the top, each of those pages has a
filter for OS...
- Nashvin
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Shafi Ghansar <shafi at webmail.co.za> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently shopping around for a laptop to use as an Ubuntu based
> development machine.
> I just thought I'd ask if anyone knows if there are local suppliers of
> laptops in SA that have an option of buying the laptop sans OS?
> I don't want to pay for Windows if I don't have to ;)
>
> Cheers!
> Shafi
>
> On 18 April 2011 10:56, <ubuntu-za-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:52:10 +0200
>> From: Nic Roets <nroets at gmail.com>
>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Basic screensaver
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>> Hello Charl,
>>
>> You can choose the GLslideshow component using xscreensaver-demo. Make
>> a directory with jpgs and set it under Advanced.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nic
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Charl Wentzel
>> <charl.wentzel at vodamail.co.za> wrote:
>> > Hi guys
>> >
>> > I'm busy with an interesting project...
>> >
>> > I created a basic user terminal which only requires a web browser.
>> ?Started
>> > with Ubuntu 10.04 Server edition and added:
>> > - openbox
>> > - slim (login manager)
>> > - feh (image viewer to draw background)
>> > - lxpanel
>> > - chromium-browser
>> > - rox-filer (file manager)
>> > - xscreensaver
>> >
>> > I'm now working on the screensaver. ?I'm looking for a simple
>> screensaver
>> > that can show a logo image only, bouncing or jumping around. (Like one
>> of
>> > the standard Windows screensavers.) However, I can't find a screensaver
>> like
>> > that in the screensaver list.
>> >
>> > Anyone knows where I can find one?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Charl
>> >
>> > Sent from my HTC
>> >
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:59:56 -0400
>> From: Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org>
>> To: ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] 11.04 Beta 2
>> Message-ID: <4DAB9B1C.4000401 at hal-pc.org>
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>> On 04/17/2011 02:09 PM, Raoul Snyman wrote:
>> > On Sunday 17 April 2011 19:55:04 Hilton Gibson wrote:
>> >> If so, then why is this possible with Gnome and not KDE4
>> >> http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/W7_Theme
>> >
>> > Why would you want to make your Linux computer look like Windows? Oh
>> wait, I
>> > forgot, Gnome is pretty plain. Don't need to do that in KDE, cause it
>> already
>> > looks awesome :-P
>>
>> Paraphrase - "We can't do that so it is wrong." copyright Apple Computer
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Lee
>>
>>
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:43:45 +0200
>> From: Raoul Snyman <raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za>
>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] 11.04 Beta 2
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>> On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:59:56 -0400, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Paraphrase - "We can't do that so it is wrong." copyright Apple Computer
>>
>> Who's "we", paleface?
>>
>> --
>> Raoul Snyman, B.Tech IT (Software Engineering)
>> Saturn Laboratories
>> m: 082 550 3754
>> e: raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za
>> w: www.saturnlaboratories.co.za
>> b: blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za
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>>
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:50:54 +0200
>> From: Raoul Snyman <raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za>
>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] 11.04 Beta 2
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>> On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:59:56 -0400, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Paraphrase - "We can't do that so it is wrong." copyright Apple Computer
>>
>> Besides, I never said KDE 4 *can't* do that, I just said I don't see the
>> point why anyone would want to make their Linux computer look like
>> Windows.
>>
>> --
>> Raoul Snyman, B.Tech IT (Software Engineering)
>> Saturn Laboratories
>> m: 082 550 3754
>> e: raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za
>> w: www.saturnlaboratories.co.za
>> b: blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za
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>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:28:40 +0200
>> From: <wikus at cheetah-microsystems.com>
>> To: <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Kubuntu questions
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>> Message: 6
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:41:48 +0200
>> From: Raoul Snyman <raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za>
>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Kubuntu questions
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>> Hi Wikus,
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:28:40 +0200, <wikus at cheetah-microsystems.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I am thinking of trying Kubuntu. I have only used normal Ubuntu before
>> and
>> > build up a huge base of manualsand documents on how to do things. My
>> > question is , how much of that is the same in Kubuntu and how muchwill I
>> > have to start from scratch learning again.
>>
>> Most of the concepts are the same, even if you're using a different app.
>> For instance, a text editor is a text editor, whether you're using gedit
>> or
>> Kate.
>>
>> > 1. Installing software (apt-get and synaptec the same in Kubuntu)
>>
>> Kubuntu has apt-get, but uses KPackageKit instead of Synaptic.
>>
>> > 2. Installing multimedia support
>>
>> In Ubuntu you install "ubuntu-restricted-extras". In Kubuntu you install
>> "kubuntu-restricted-extras"
>>
>> > 3. Installing encoders such as ffmpeg4.
>> > Installing LAMP
>>
>> You'll install the same packages in Kubuntu as you would in Ubuntu.
>>
>> > So basically what I want to know is everything under the hood the same
>> and
>> > is it only the desktop environment that differs ?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Raoul Snyman, B.Tech IT (Software Engineering)
>> Saturn Laboratories
>> m: 082 550 3754
>> e: raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za
>> w: www.saturnlaboratories.co.za
>> b: blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:22:03 +0200
>> From: Dani?l Louw <daniel at dline.co.za>
>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Kubuntu questions
>> Message-ID: <BANLkTinA3tXMdPmugYppbMKhQXQ7tiHZhA at mail.gmail.com>
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>>
>> Yup, Under the hood very much the same.
>>
>> I used KDE for a while, and I mostly used Ubuntu tutorials online, as they
>> are more available.
>>
>> One handy thing to know is that in general, KDE libraries/packages start
>> with a k (kate), and Gnome's start with a G (gedit). This is not always
>> true, but a good indicator. When you're in Gnome, and you want to install
>> a
>> KDE package, you can expect to install quite a few kDependencies, and the
>> same is true for vice versa. Software wise I am yet to find something that
>> is not cross-compatible with the two.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> *Dani?l Louw*
>> ================================
>> daniel at dline.co.za
>> www.dline.co.za
>> +27 84 2499 299
>> +12 12 347 8305
>> ================================
>> *"Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring
>> aircraft
>> building progress by weight." - *Bill Gates
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>> Message: 8
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:24:07 +0200
>> From: David Rubin <drubin at ubuntu.com>
>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Kubuntu questions
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>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Raoul Snyman <
>> raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Wikus,
>> >
>> > On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:28:40 +0200, <wikus at cheetah-microsystems.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > I am thinking of trying Kubuntu. I have only used normal Ubuntu before
>> > and
>> > > build up a huge base of manualsand documents on how to do things. My
>> > > question is , how much of that is the same in Kubuntu and how muchwill
>> I
>> > > have to start from scratch learning again.
>> >
>> > Most of the concepts are the same, even if you're using a different app.
>> > For instance, a text editor is a text editor, whether you're using gedit
>> or
>> > Kate.
>> >
>> > > 1. Installing software (apt-get and synaptec the same in Kubuntu)
>> >
>>
>> Generally as a rule command line applications will all be the same. it is
>> the GUI apps that change.
>>
>> David
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>> Message: 9
>> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:56:39 +0200
>> From: Peter Nel <fourdots at gmail.com>
>> To: ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] A Local forum
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>> Just my thought on this idea.. wouldn't this cause a split in this
>> list-community?
>>
>> I for one would be interested in reading about hacking all sorts of weird
>> devices, including motors, and wotnot; some running ubuntu, some other
>> distros, or some maybe firmware based chip programming, or whatever.
>> Some of the stuff that would actually be relevant in this list will go
>> there, and we'll miss out.
>>
>> Is this other content really so off-topic that we need a separate forum?
>> Is
>> there really enough of such content to justify it? I've seen the
>> window-wiper-motor post that started this thread, and that's basically
>> it..
>>
>> If it does happen, it should perhaps be integrated into
>> the mailing-list system where one can post by replying (negating the need
>> for a separate forum); or else, it should go somewhere else entirely -
>> perhaps gumtree ;-)
>>
>>
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