Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New laptop is slow.
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:11:59
Message-Id: 58965d8a0910080911g777675a8l5a8f01246e356ece@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: New laptop is slow. by James
1 On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 12:33 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > kashani <kashani-list <at> badapple.net> writes:
3 >
4 >
5 >> >>> I just finished installing Gentoo on a Dell Vostro
6 >
7 >
8 >> Now that it's working how do you like the screen, size, etc? That's one
9 >> of the laptops I've been considering.
10 >
11 >
12 > You just have to admire and honest (Dell) company....
13 >
14 > Poking around the 1720, I found this gem:
15 >
16 > "Operating System
17 > Genuine Windows Vista®Business
18 > Bonus-Windows XP Professional downgrade"
19 >
20 >
21 > At least Dell admits that vista sucks.....
22 >
23 >
24 > If they'd only put Linux(gentoo) in there
25 > as an upgrade option, then we'd all
26 > have to really respect (love?) Dell....
27
28 Well, they do at least have a few Ubuntu laptops... http://www.dell.com/ubuntu