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[15:12] <ajunior> good afternoon |
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[15:51] <incidence> Hey, which laptop would be "the most compatible" with ubuntu? I've just have had some bad experiences. Dell? But what about asus? or something |
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[15:55] <Spets> !laptop testing |
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[15:56] <Spets> hmm, check out the lapop testing team |
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[15:56] <Spets> incidence: | laptop testing team |
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[15:56] <pwnguin> i dont think the testing team has Top Picks program |
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[15:57] <incidence> Thanks. |
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[15:57] <Spets> But they have a listing over what works |
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[15:57] <pwnguin> yea; i havent updated my page since like gutsy |
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[15:57] <Spets> Ideally you get something that comes without windows and works |
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[15:58] <pwnguin> personally, I'd say if it comes from the vendor with linux installed, that's good enough ;) |
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[15:58] <Spets> Lattitude and presicion dells can be bought without windows |
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[15:58] <incidence> Yea |
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[15:58] <Spets> sans-os will do the trick |
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[15:58] <incidence> I had latitude d810 or something |
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[15:59] <Spets> The e4500 and the like are some mighty fine builds |
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[15:59] <incidence> Hmm |
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[16:00] <Spets> presicion mobile M4400 |
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[16:00] <Spets> http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&oc=MLB151&s=biz |
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[16:00] <Spets> Has professional graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M, 512MB |
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[16:00] <Spets> latitude E 6500 |
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[16:01] <Spets> http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&oc=MLB1355&s=biz |
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[16:01] <Spets> Has power saving Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD [Included in Price] |
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[16:01] <Spets> Or |
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[16:01] <Spets> NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M [add $70] |
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[16:02] <Spets> IGP X45000HD performs quite well from what ive read, and you will be spared the evils of fglrx and nivida drivers |
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[16:08] <incidence> Oh |
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[16:09] <incidence> Thanks :) |
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[16:09] <Spets> Matte screen also |
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[16:09] <Spets> Hard to find that nowadays |
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[16:11] <incidence> I hate glossy screens, at work we have one hp laptop which has glossy screen. I know the colours are better, but it just sucks in fluoriscent light |
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[16:13] <Spets> colours are better? |
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[16:13] <Spets> Madness i tell you |
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[16:13] <Spets> Madness |
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[16:16] <incidence> Yeah. |
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[16:17] <incidence> Too bad that Dell Latitude E6500 costs $2201 in finland |
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[16:18] <Spets> liiiiinus :) |
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[16:18] <Spets> I suspect it wont be much cheaper in norway then... |
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[16:19] <incidence> 1416 eur without VAT. So the 'real price' is: 1 416 * 1.22 = 1 727.52 |
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[16:21] <incidence> Funny. These prices don't seem so bad after buying 1U server from HP to my work. (quad core intel xeon, 2.4ghz, 10gb ddr2 667mhz ecc, sas 2.5" 1tb raid1+0 with iLO2 Advanced) :P |
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[16:22] <Spets> I saw a dual core xeon 1U for 10$ on ebay |
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[16:22] <Spets> But i resisted |
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[16:23] <incidence> :D |
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[16:23] <incidence> We got that hp proliant dl360 g5 with 3k eur |
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[16:25] <Spets> I had one of the compaq proliants at home a while back |
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[16:26] <Spets> Took all my strength to lift that monster |
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[16:27] <incidence> :P |
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[16:28] <Spets> You should train with one of those for the wife carrying contest :) |
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[16:28] <incidence> We are running Ubuntu servers. And couldn't be more happy cause Ubuntu |
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[16:28] <incidence> Haha |
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[16:29] <Spets> Yes, running windows servers is nothing but grief |
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[16:29] <incidence> That has never even been a choice when I get to decide |
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[16:30] <Spets> Resignation: because, windows. |
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[16:30] <incidence> :) |
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[16:31] <Spets> I run my own little company. Refuse to touch anything with windows on it |
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[16:31] <Spets> So funny to see peoples faces when i tell them "no, i wont fix it" |
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[16:32] <incidence> Yea, I'm in a small advertisement company |
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[16:32] <incidence> Heh :) yea |
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[16:33] <Spets> Some people think i have to because they are the ones paying, and get struck by panic if i refuse |
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[16:38] <incidence> What is the fglrx driver situation nowadays? I remember three or four years ago burning one ati card with fire cause pissed off cause drivers. |
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[16:39] <Spets> Just recently it started playing nice with xorg 7.4 |
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[16:39] <incidence> somebody told me that they are now opensource? Which I do not believe. |
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[16:39] <Spets> Not fglrx |
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[16:39] <Spets> But much of the documentation is out |
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[16:39] <incidence> and I've heard that nvidia has a lots of problems with the newest xorg |
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[16:39] <Spets> Then followed Novells attempt at a opensource driver, radeonhd |
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[16:40] <incidence> Oh ok |
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[16:41] <Spets> Overall not more problematic than before i think |
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[16:42] <Spets> But the situation is very much better than before |
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[16:45] <incidence> I have nvidia 8600 gt and ubuntu 6.06 at the moment on my pc |
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[16:50] <Spets> 6.06? |
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[16:50] <Spets> Ye olde 6.06? |
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[16:52] <incidence> 8.04 |
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[16:52] <incidence> sorry :D |
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[16:59] <Spets> "update-manager -d" |
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[17:02] <incidence> :) |
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[18:45] <AcidPuddle> any ideas when the netbook remix will appear ? |
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[18:49] <Spets> Its out.. |
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[19:26] <AcidPuddle> hmmm... where do I find it ? doesn't seem to be on the general download servers for ubuntu... |
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