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On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Tom Brough <tombrough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It came. > I shoved the ubuntu 11.04 cd in > It booted. > I installed. > I added a few pet pieces of software (inkscape, thunderbird, gimp, pidgin > and a few others). > command line worked no problems ;-) > > No problems with graphics, sound or built in wifi, although the blue > function options are a little wacky (wifi seems to work with or without the > indicator light on). All the extra "media" buttons worked apart from the > second additional (dedicated) wifi button that turns the wifi off but not > back on again.... needs some investigation. > > Wasn't expecting such a big beast as I was used to 15" laptops in 4:3 not > 15.6" in 16:9.... > > video responsive for DVD playing. > > Will have to get used to inkscape just starting (it was smiling at me for 15 > seconds before I realised it was ready ... I guess that's the advantage of > having a new laptop with better processor and lots of ram to play with. > > Couldn't cope with unity so I went back to classic gnome ... > > Sadly (?) only went into command line once to install codecs / libraries to > get the DVD playback working. > > All in all happy bunny. > > Sorry I didn't make it to the Holsworthy meeting ... but I think you might > have guessed that I was otherwise engaged .... > > Tom. Good news :-) roly -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq