[TriLUG] Dell wireless

[Alexander Ray]

Dell has started selling laptops preloaded with Ubuntu on them, is it
possible for you to get your hands on one of those?


On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Dave Moody <davethebald at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sorry - this should be its own thread
>
> --- On Wed, 10/15/08, Dave Moody <davethebald at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Dave Moody <davethebald at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Is it me or does Hardy run like a pig?
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 11:23 AM
>
> Haven't noticed a huge problem on my Dell XPS M1330 after going to Hardy
> and
> Firefox 3, but I still cannot get the wireless card to work.  Kevin Hunter
> took
> a shot when we met and chatted at RDU, no dice.  After Dell confirmed the
> wireless card was working they would not touch the OS.  Ubuntu wants 250$
> for
> "consultation".  Sigh.
>
> Anyone have any experience with Dell in this regard?
>
> Dave
>
> --- On Wed, 10/15/08, Mike Shaw <mdshaw89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Mike Shaw <mdshaw89 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [TriLUG] Is it me or does Hardy run like a pig?
> To: "trilug" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 10:59 AM
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Just wanted to see what other people's experience with Hardy after
> upgrading from Gutsy.  I had been running Gutsy on my T41 for quite a
> while and although the performance was not as good as when I was
> running Gentoo it was okay.  But I noticed a huge difference after
> upgrading to Hardy - and it wasn't a positive.  Firefox especially
> seems to have gone down hill.
>
> l8r,
>
> Mike
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