[SWLUG] Why I won't buy from Dell again...

[Dick Bain]

My netbook is the ZA3 which was £239 from Tesco
;-)

On 23 June 2010 10:19, Mark Summerfield <mark at qtrac.eu> wrote:
> From: Dick Bain <dick.bain at gmail.com>
>> I bought an Acer Aspire One with Vista installed but only use Ubuntu
>> on it and everything "just works"
>>
>> I you really must have a computer with Linux installed I recommend
>> linuxemporium.co.uk ;-)
>>
>> cheers
>> Dick
>
> From: Lisi <lisi.reisz at gmail.com>
>> I bought one with Linspire installed.  I took  the netbook on holiday with
> me
>> and was compelled by an almost non-existant network connection to use
>> Linspire for two weeks.  <shudder>
>>
>> I promised the netbook Debian Lenny as soon as we got home.
>>
>> It likes it as much as I do. ;-)
>>
>> Only problem:  I needed a backported kernel and backported wicd to get
>> wireless going.  Otherwise out of the box.
>>
>> Lisi
>
> From: David Scourfield <david.scourfield at llynfi.co.uk>
>> > Any other suggestions?
>>
>> If you have the time (and patience!) you could do what I am currently
>> doing: build one yourself.  I'm currently awaiting delivery of several
>> components to assemble into a rather powerful machine.  I'm intending to
>> install Ubuntu, which I hope will work out of the box.  Fun times!
>>
>> Dai
>
> Dick, Lisi, which particular Acer Aspire One models did you buy---there
> seem to be a lot of different ones!
>
> Dai, I'd consider building a desktop machine (although I've written to
> dnuk for a quote), but for a netbook I just want the least possible
> hassle.
>
>
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