Linux on Dell Computers

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Nedavno je netko pitao koja distra dolazi na hp laptope pa evo danas vijesti za nove dellove laptope.

Do sada su Dellova racunala dolazila sa malo zastarjelim Ubuntu 8.04 OS-om ali zahvaljujuci zahtjevima ljudi na IdeaStorm projektu Dell je odlucio nagraditi potrosace te sada uz Dell racunala dobijete posebnu verziju Ubuntu 9.04 operativnog sustava.

Na zalost to se ne odnosi i na Dellove Mini 10 i 10v netbookove koji se prodaju sa Ubuntu-om 8.04 za model Mini 10 te posebnim Ubuntu baziranom Moblin OS-u za Mini 10v.

Nemojte misliti da je Dell instaliro standardni ubuntu 9.04, on dolazi sa nekoliko poboljsanja:

· Cyberlink PowerDVD replaces LinDVD as the default DVD player. Also, the Fluendo MP3, WMA and WMV codecs are included and they will work with almost all media players.
· A custom recovery method is provided should you decide to restore the operating system to the state it was when it was shipped. This function is accessible either from the GRUB menu or a DVD/USB key.
· The creation of the recovery disks is possible directly from the installed OS, with the aid of the new Recovery Media Creator. This new utility is able to make recovery DVDs or USB drives, or just provide you with the ISO file. If you cannot use it, the recovery disk images are also available on Dell's support website.
· GRUB 2 is now used, instead of the old GRUB legacy bootloader. Since Dell has been testing this rewrite of GRUB for quite a while, it is pretty confident that the solution is ready for general use and it will not cause any problems.
· Wireless devices can still pose problems for Linux because of the lackluster driver availability. To mitigate this, Ubuntu 9.04 natively supports all currently shipping Intel and Dell wireless cards.

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