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| Grad student in philosophy. Linux enthusiast. I guess I'll use this space to put any Ubuntu tips I find useful | I'm a grad student in philosophy, presently working on my dissertation. I'm also a huge Linux enthusiast, and recently bought Dell's Ubuntu offering: the Inspiron 530. Here I will put tips and experience I've had setting up and using the system. == Dell Inspiron 530 with Ubuntu Pre-Installed == I bought a new computer. the last one I had been using was about 7 years old and painfully slow. I decided it was finally time to dump Windows entirely, and the best way to do this was to buy a computer without it pre-installed. So I decided to go with Dell's line of Ubuntu computers. I've had it for a couple of days and now I'm ready to give my general impressions, experiences, and occational frustrations. One conclusion that I feel confident in drawing, though (and it doesn't make me happy to say this), is that Dell's Ubuntu desktops are not for the complete computer novice, or even the average computer user. That's not to say that I'm not happy with my purchise (I am!), just that there are a number of issues that still need to be resolved before I can hardily recommend these computers to the average computer person. === First day === It arrives! Yay! I quickly unpack it and look it over. There are a couple of things I notice right away. First, there are only 4 usb connections, and they are all on the back of the computer. Uff. No one uses floppies nowadays, so there should be a USB connection on the front of the machine. And, also, 4 is pretty limited. The mouse, keyboard, printer are all going to get connected through USB connections, which only leaves one for both my flash drive and my external hard drive. Oh well (I'll just buy more USB connections). Now I boot it up. It asks me a couple of questions and there, I'm in. It looks exactly like I expect it to, except for two small annoyances. First, the default nvidia configuration doesn't center visuals on the center of the screen: The bottom is cut off, and even when I recenter using the monitor controls, it doesn't go up far enough and is still a millimeter off-screen. Second, when I go to Preferences->Screen Resolution, its already set on the maximum resolution (): which isn't maximum enough for me. ===== Attempts at a resolution ==== ------ Time to get everything set up. Second day Oh sh*t!! |
I'm a grad student in philosophy, presently working on my dissertation. I'm also a huge Linux enthusiast, and recently bought Dell's Ubuntu offering: the Inspiron 530. Here I will put tips and experience I've had setting up and using the system.
Dell Inspiron 530 with Ubuntu Pre-Installed
I bought a new computer. the last one I had been using was about 7 years old and painfully slow. I decided it was finally time to dump Windows entirely, and the best way to do this was to buy a computer without it pre-installed. So I decided to go with Dell's line of Ubuntu computers. I've had it for a couple of days and now I'm ready to give my general impressions, experiences, and occational frustrations.
One conclusion that I feel confident in drawing, though (and it doesn't make me happy to say this), is that Dell's Ubuntu desktops are not for the complete computer novice, or even the average computer user. That's not to say that I'm not happy with my purchise (I am!), just that there are a number of issues that still need to be resolved before I can hardily recommend these computers to the average computer person.
First day
It arrives! Yay! I quickly unpack it and look it over. There are a couple of things I notice right away. First, there are only 4 usb connections, and they are all on the back of the computer. Uff. No one uses floppies nowadays, so there should be a USB connection on the front of the machine. And, also, 4 is pretty limited. The mouse, keyboard, printer are all going to get connected through USB connections, which only leaves one for both my flash drive and my external hard drive. Oh well (I'll just buy more USB connections).
Now I boot it up. It asks me a couple of questions and there, I'm in. It looks exactly like I expect it to, except for two small annoyances. First, the default nvidia configuration doesn't center visuals on the center of the screen: The bottom is cut off, and even when I recenter using the monitor controls, it doesn't go up far enough and is still a millimeter off-screen. Second, when I go to Preferences->Screen Resolution, its already set on the maximum resolution (): which isn't maximum enough for me.
===== Attempts at a resolution ====
Time to get everything set up.
Second day
Oh sh*t!!
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