[SGVLUG] Dell's Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta, 'Blows Away' Expectations

[Christopher Smith]

So, it hasn't blown away the user's expectations. It's blown away
Dell's expectations.

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:32 PM, yoshio <ak209 at lafn.org> wrote:
> Found from http://planet.ubuntu.com/
> ( http://planet.debian.org/ is also a great resource)
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue274
>
> Dell's Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta, 'Blows Away' Expectations
>
> Katherine Noyes, PCWorld, reports on the success of Project Sputnik, the effort that resulted in a prototype open-source laptop based on Ubuntu 12.04 and Dell’s XPS 13 hardware. Now entering the Beta phase, interested parties are asked to sign up to participate. “We've been blown away by the number of people who have wanted to be beta participants,” Barton George of Dell explains and goes on to say “if this gets the traction I think it will, you can bet Dell will start looking at others who would benefit from a similar solution.”
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/259229/dells_ubuntu_laptop_program_enters_beta_blows_away_expectations.html
>
> There‘s no shortage of Asus Ubuntu netbooks in Italy
>
> Joey Sneddon, OMG! Ubuntu!, posts about the shortage of ASUS netbooks, preloaded with Ubuntu, in the UK. Discussing the shortage, Sneddon mentions that in Italy it is a completely different situation. Since Sneddon's source is in Italian, he presents some specs of the ASUS netbooks to make it easier for ones who are not familiar with the Italian language.
>
> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/theres-no-shortage-of-asus-ubuntu-netbooks-in-italy



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Chris