Hi Lee!<br><br>I've been subscribed to this list for a long time but have never attended a meet. Now that the 'hardcore' members seem to have disappeared I'm going to make an effort to contribute as much as I can to list and who knows...
<br><br>On the subject of Dells, I use them exclusively but not without some pains. I've often had problems with network drivers and video drivers and sata drives but all have been resolved. Most recently my Inspiron 520 worked (almost) straight out the box with Fedora...
<br><br>I'm not sure how valuable I'd find a Dell pre-installed machine as I'd be tempted to blow it away and install my own OS - but the drivers coming with the machine would certainly help. Also a decent Linux suuport service from Dell would be a bonus. Note I said decent... ;)
<br><br>M<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 14/03/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lee Willis</b> <<a href="mailto:ubuntu@lwillis.plus.com">ubuntu@lwillis.plus.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed Mar 14 12:53 , 'Malcolm Logan' <<a href="mailto:blinkingeye@gmail.com">blinkingeye@gmail.com</a>> sent:<br><br>>>From another LUG...<br>><a href="http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey">http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey
</a><br>><br>>Out of interest is there anyone still actively subscribed to this list - its<br>been quiet for a long long time.<br><br>subscribed - yes<br>active - not really - just a newbie lurker :)<br><br>[To Cumbria/this list that is - not to Linux ...]
<br><br>Interestingly enough I've had a Dell Inspiron 6000 since last January &<br>everything [wide screen display, SD Card reader] worked straight out of the box<br>with Ubuntu - but would have loved not to have to pay for a M$ license so I've
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