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[Martin Wildam <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 09:15, Randall Ross (rrnwexec)
<randall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> @Martin Wildman,
> Kindly advise if your hardware is on the Ubuntu-certified list for both
> Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.
> The list can be found here: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/

I have 2x Dell Latitude E-5500. When I bought them I was not aware of
the certification list, but however I did research and told my Dell
contact person, that I want a Linux compatible machine. I have paid
attention to have a supported video card built in and so on. I mean,
what do you expect else from people? The list of supported hardware is
a pretty small amount in relation to what is on the market. I already
focus on Dell and models people tell me that they are working.

And guess, it worked without problems on 9.04 (although I remember
there were two issues that have been solved with some updates - if I
remember right) and I had no real issue with 9.10. With 10.04 I have
two issues with workarounds. 10.10 is the worst now.

In fact, currently I strictly refer to the list of certified models,
but it is not always possible to follow that 100%. People see special
offers in shops or at vendor websites or build their PC on their own.
In general I was instructed always to check whether the built-in parts
are Linux-compatible or not.

BTW: Don't know how long it takes after a model is released until
certification has gone through - could there be a serious delay?


On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 09:27, Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The LTS releases are often quite a lot better than the 6 monthlies but the 6
> monthlies are good fun and do often push into interesting areas.

On my machine I had everything from 9.04 to 10.10 - can't say, that
LTS necessarily was the best from my experience. I would say 9.10 was
for me having the least issues. That said, I do use more applications
now on 10.04 than I did no 9.10 (number of applications in daily use
is increasing I would say).


> So, i tend to have an LTS as my main stable  but i use a spare partition for
> exploring and playing around.

Since 9.10 I do contribute with testing from the early betas helping
to push quality - don't leave out a version, but decided not to update
every 6 months on my production machine.

> If something doesn't work in one but does in the
> other then it is usually fixable if you have the time & patience to ask in
> forums or read documentation or find your own way.

Of course, I use the forums and Launchpad for bug reporting. I do my
best to help. If you sum up the hours I helped so far in money, I
could have bought Windows and MS Office with no problem...

-- 
Martin Wildam

http://www.google.com/profiles/mwildam

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

Status in Club Distro:
  Confirmed
Status in Computer Science Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in EasyPeasy Overview:
  Invalid
Status in GNOME Screensaver:
  Won't Fix
Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians:
  Invalid
Status in JAK LINUX:
  Invalid
Status in The Linux OS Project:
  In Progress
Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
  In Progress
Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite:
  In Progress
Status in Tabuntu:
  Invalid
Status in A simple player to online TV streaming:
  Invalid
Status in Tv-Player:
  New
Status in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in The Jaunty Jackalope:
  Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty:
  Invalid
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Debian:
  In Progress
Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS:
  Confirmed
Status in openSUSE:
  In Progress
Status in Tilix Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
  This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.

  Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry,
  restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and
  limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full
  potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

  Steps to repeat:

  1. Visit a local PC store.

  What happens:
  2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
  3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.

  What should happen:
  1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
  2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
  3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.