Dude, Your Getting Ubuntu
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago at 3:41 pm. 1 comment
Dell has started taking orders for desktop and laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed. Congratulations to Canonical, Dell, and the Ubuntu Community. I have been considering getting the Inspiron E1505 N laptop, and I like what I see.
Dell Inspiron E1505 N
- Intel® Pentium® dual-core proc T2080(1MB Cache/1.73GHz/533MHz FSB
- Ubuntu Edition version 7.04
- 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™(glossy)
- 512MB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 DIMM
- 80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
- 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
- 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
- Intel PRO/Wireless 3945a/g
- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- Integrated Audio
I’m very glad they went with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and Intel PRO/Wireless 3945a/g. The rest of the Inspiron 1505 line uses a ATI X1400 card, which does have certain issues.
The most obvious reason for this selection was for Video support under Linux as we have full HW specs available to make a completely compatible driver and take advantage of full 3D effects with beryl and compiz.
Kudos to Dell for seeing the obvious and using it.
–Shaun