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    Dell Ubuntu bargain opinions

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by luee, Jun 11, 2009.

  1. luee

    luee Notebook Deity

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    Dell is selling their Inspiron 15 for cheap with Ubuntu 8.04. My laptop needs replacing and I am thinking of going that route rather than netbook. What are some of the drawbacks and differences I would be facing. Someone mentioned connectivity as an issue. This would be for light personal use, vids, E mail, messaging etc. I now use FF3 with IE in the pinch.
     
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Ubuntu should work for that just fine. Just remember that your Windows porgrams won't work.
     
    Thomas, Jun 11, 2009
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