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[James Cain <james.cain.25@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Scott Randby <srandby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 05/08/2011 07:10 PM, Josh Gould wrote:
> > Right now, I'm using Gnome Classic.  I would prefer Xubuntu, but am
> afraid
> > that trying to make the switch (again) will cause more issues than it
> > solves.  I have a fairly new (read released this March) MacBook Pro, that
> > has a fair amount of hardware that has taken some very careful tweaking
> of
> > things to get to work properly.  My wireless is still iffy, but that's
> > because the chipset in this model is only used in this model of the
> MacBook
> > and no where else that anyone has seen yet. Unity looks nice, but after
> > using it for a little bit, it started to drive me nuts. I need to install
> > the xubuntu-desktop package, and haven't been still long enough to do so
> > yet.
> >
> > If I boot up using the Xubutu disk, I don't get things like keyboard
> > backlighting, and I have no clue what package is responsible for that.
> (It's
> > not pommed, I've tried that one under a pure Xubuntu install, and it
> didn't
> > help...) I haven't sat down and tried to figure out what package is
> > responsible for keyboard backlighting.  I'm having issues with bluetooth,
> > but I think ti's for the same reasons that the wireless doesn't work yet.
> >
> > I've noticed that I'm using Linux more than I am the Mac OS at this
> point.
> > Knowing what I know now, and having effectively made the switch from the
> Mac
> > OS to Ubuntu, I would have gone with a machine from System76... (or one
> that
> > has more driver support under Ubuntu...)
>
> I don't use any Apple hardware now because it was just too hard to get
> it to work with Linux. I have a Dell laptop which works nicely once the
> proprietary driver for the wireless chipset is installed. I also have a
> netbook I bought from Zareason which works perfectly and wasn't very
> expensive.



Good to see the Ubuntu community supporting Linux-centric PC vendors! I
build my own computers, but if not I'd definately buy one from System 76 or
Zareason. Just seems a logical and hasstle-free aproach IMHO.

- James