[TriLUG] WTB linux laptop

[Tom Roche]

Tom Roche Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 3:44 PM,
 >> summary: I wanna get a laptop (probably also a second, as backup)
 >> for school/development use. If you've got one you wanna sell, or
 >> you would care to recommend one, please lemme know either via this
 >> list or directly.

Douglas A. Whitfield Sat Mar 22 22:22:50 EDT 2008
 > I mostly love my Dell.

Yep, I'm definitely leaning in that direction.

 > Dell, with COSI's help, has scored a bit of a coup with an Ubuntu
 > machine going on display in student stores.  If anybody still
 > questions Dell's sincerity about the whole Ubuntu thing, I certainly
 > have not gotten that impression from the higher education rep at
 > UNC. :)

BTW: who is "the higher education rep at UNC"? I'm pretty sure I'm not
yet eligible, since I won't start until fall, but it's worth
trying. Similarly, do you have the link to the Dell/Ubuntu/UNC "laptop
deal?"

TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>