I met the people behind zareason at lindependence in CA, and they are
quality people for Linux. Ubuntu is their preferred distro and they seem
to feed back into the community. I originally heard about them when I
was looking for a someone to sell me a MythTV turnkey setup. Not sure if
they still have that available, but they answered my questions quickly
and honestly (I had asked if it was turn key enough that I could give to
my wife and have her just use it the way she did with the Tivo. He told
me no , which what I suspected).
Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> Buying from these small dealers can be a total nightmare. I took a look
> at their return policy:
>
> "If you get it and decide that it's just too different from Windows or Mac
> for your liking (or for any reason) feel free to return it within 30 days
> for a refund. Note that there is a 15% restocking fee on all returns."
>
> -jmz
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Dan Lund <situationalawareness@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> And on that road, I figure I'll share something I ran across in my
>> google advertisements which caught my eye.
>> A $299 Ubuntu computer...
>> 2ghz cpu, 1gb ram, 160gb sata drive, nvidia 6100 video card, etc..
>> figured I'd share.
>> http://www.zareason.com/shop/product.php?productid=16183
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan Lund
>> It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it
>> to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to
>> act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have
>> free scope.
>> -Niccolo Machiavelli
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Dan Lund
>> <situationalawareness@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> OH wow, a totally different world for me, then...
>>> Though it's a good thing they've gone down that road. I've learned
>>> something new today, I feel smart :)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dan Lund
>>> It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it
>>> to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to
>>> act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have
>>> free scope.
>>> -Niccolo Machiavelli
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Ted Gould <ted@gould.cx> wrote:
>>>> Dan Lund wrote:
>>>>> Pretty much if RHEL does it, CentOS does it, so hardware compatibility
>>>>> and service level is equal.
>>>>> Okay, so Ubuntu sounds like it was started as a desktop distribution
>>>>> geared towards eye candy. Thanks for sharing, I appreciate it.
>>>>>
>>>> I would say it a little differently. Ubuntu is designed for consumer
>>>> level users. It's goals are to be simple to install and configure --
>>>> not something that requires a manual, but we try to keep a good one of
>>>> those too. For instance, the Ubuntu installer doesn't ask if you want
>>>> to install development packages. We assume that your Grandmother would
>>>> be confused by the question and you can use the application installer.
>>>>
>>>> Some other Ubuntu core values are a predictable release cycle (every 6
>>>> months) and significant community participation (vs. something like
>> RHEL).
>>>> --Ted
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