[TriLUG] "The Linux Experience" at Dell, a tale of woe and wow. VERY LONG

[Douglas A. Whitfield]

I love my ubuntu Dell laptop, but it had some resolution issues out of the
box.  I was able to get that fixed, but that broke the video (as in codec
related).  It's watchable now, but not great.

On 8/29/07, Michael Tharp <gxti at partiallystapled.com> wrote:
>
> William Sutton wrote:
>
> > Greece.
>
> <homer>
> Mmmmm, grease.
> </homer>
>
> ...
>
> On a more relevant note: I would expect much much worse from Dell than
> what Chris has described here. I'm surprised Dell really supports their
> Linux systems at all considering how much of an investment is involved.
> It does, however, seem like they're off to a good start. Always keep in
> mind that every step counts; one can't really expect global recognition
> and support - of an OS that no hardware manufacturer has ever sold to
> the average consumer before - to happen overnight.
>
> -- m. tharp
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