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[Bob Herrmann <bob@xxxxxxxx>]

I hear ya.  I really liked the Z.. I had a special one on order for two 
weeks - before I canceled it after digging into how tricky getting it 
working is.   I also tried the F, I also really like the hardware... but 
I only care about running Ubuntu and nothing else.   I messed around 
with configuring the F series with getting the Nivdia driver and/or the 
Nouveau one for a few hours, but then I decided just to return the 
machine and order something else.   

I think the Sony machines are beautiful, but if they cant run Ubuntu - 
then I'm taking my money elsewhere.   I told them that at the sonystyle 
store, although I dont think this is something they hear very often.

Ok, done with my venting.
-bob

Chris Cannam wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Bob Herrmann <bob@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > I sure wish some of these PC vendors would participate in something like an
> > "Ubuntu Ready" program which would let us users know that there hardware
> > will work great with Ubuntu.
> >     
>
> Ach, Sony are well known to be always among the worst and have been
> for as long as I remember.  Just occasionally the hardware seems to be
> worth some pain -- I knew this one would be tricky, I'm just grumbling
> a bit as I go along -- sorry about that.
>
>
> Chris
>