I have already discussed the installation of Ubuntu on my Dell Laptop E1505:
Intro to Ubuntu
Ubuntu Installation on Dell E1505
Living with Ubuntu - likes and dislikes
I also have a DELL XPS One - it is an all in one PC with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse that I picked up at the DELL Outlet for the living room. Like an iMac, it is a big screen with laptop parts stashed behind it. I know that I could have gotten a laptop and had the same or similar performance, but I wanted something that would look nice in the family room, not a big white box, and I wanted a nice screen. This fit the bill.
Son #1 had been complaining that the Dell ONE was slow to boot and application opened slowly. I had looked online a few months back about installing Ubuntu 9.04 on it. The dell has some touch sensitive controls on the screen that people were saying would not be useful, so I had put it off. However, I decided to test the live CD of Ubuntu 10.10 (newest release) on it.
This was a result of my observing Son #1 viewing videos on a sketchy looking site. The videos were not bad, but they were not available on Hulu or the network site. However, like many kids nowadays, he has no sense of security on the Web, and he has recently started online banking, so I wanted things to be secure.
Well what do you know, Ubuntu 10.10 picked up everything - the proximity sensitive buttons, the video card, the network card, the bluetooth keyboard and mouse, EVERYTHING! It also installed the latest updates for Firefox and it installed OpenOffice. I brought over his bookmarks, installed a little eyecandy for him and he is happy as a pig in slop.
He even neededt write a paper and could not find Microsoft Office, but he saw something that said "office" in it so he opened it up, it looked like a word processor and away he went.
The performance is snappy, it installed like a breeze and it is more secure. What more do I need?
Very pleased.
