Dell: Ubuntu Linux inside

Unixlord · May 1st, 2007, 08:16 PM

Dell will ship laptops and desktops with Ubuntu Linux 7.04 Feisty Fawn.
Read here and here
This is great news. Everything fully configured and working upon purchase. Course I'd buy one. It's an excellent way to ensure 100% Linux compatibility (I can change the distro immediatly afterwards).
A bigger slice of market share would result more/better hardware drivers and more consideration of Linux compatibility for software/games.

Here's the official announcement

IModAmd · May 1st, 2007, 11:07 PM

Nice new unixlord

Well i never tryed linux on an computer ? How it's works with gaming and ect?

Unixlord · May 2nd, 2007, 12:31 AM

Either buy Linux compatible games, install free/GPLed games, Use wine or buy/compile cedega. It most certainly is the true pro's gaming OS of the future. You can strip down and recompile your own kernel, get your games running with minimal excess resource usage. Basically it's your OS and it's not to be compared with XP. It's common for most Linux gamers to play games like Doom3, Quake4, Neverwinter Nights, Nexuiz, Tremulous, Warsow but Wesnoth has it's own fans and so does bzflag (0o). A thing that some Linux gamers do is add the name of their distro to the end of their nick. For example if I was gaming on zenwalk I'd be Unixlord@zenwalk.

xiaomhome · May 2nd, 2007, 12:36 AM

Ubuntu is not the best distro in the world, but they are growing pretty fast, im amazed with that new. But i still think it doesnt have a professional look interface / artwork. Maybe im not using it at the right way, can someone point me a guide to use ubuntu? Ill try Kubuntu, i just wanted to know if their packages are bleeding edge (amarok, kdevelop, vlc, gcc, wxwidget(version stable 2.6.3), alien), im pretty unsure if i really want to do it, everyone is telling me to give it a try. Thanks for sharing this.

Mac Daddy · May 2nd, 2007, 01:23 AM

Have played with Ubuntu a bit I like it nice move and alternative Dell

Nice post Unix Cheers Bro

Unixlord · May 2nd, 2007, 10:10 AM

Well kdebase is at the latest stable version (3.5.6). I think you'll find your questions regarding packages answered here. Also kubuntu frequently update their packages (much faster than the gnome ubuntu team).

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Maybe im not using it at the right way, can someone point me a guide to use ubuntu?

Google

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Can't see why you'd complain about the interface. It's all fully editable. You get the most massive apt repository with almost every package you could ever want which would only be possible by adding lots of extra 3rd party untrusted repositories in other distros. As I said I'm going to (when I get the time) compile some ubuntu tweaks with a few tips for gaming peformance as well.
Ubuntu is not my favorite distro but it's a great choice because of the popularity and the fantastic community. Log in to their IRC channel and see for yourself.

xiaomhome · May 2nd, 2007, 06:44 PM

Thanks for the links Unixlord, that ubuntu guide is pretty big, ill be busy for some time then ill backup my data and try Kubuntu.

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Ubuntu is not my favorite distro but it's a great choice because of the popularity and the fantastic community

Im very curious now, whats your favorite distro then?

Unixlord · May 2nd, 2007, 07:53 PM

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Im very curious now, whats your favorite distro then?