[nzlug] Acer + Ubuntu: initial impressions.

[yuri]

On 01/04/2008, Simon Bridge  wrote:
> I have now one of these Acer/Ubuntu machines.
>  For the curious - here's a brief rundown of the story so far.
[snip]
>  So - the initial impression from a newbie would be that linux has
>  limited functionality and I cannot get to use the machine without a
>  service call to DSE.

<paranoia>
If I was a strategist for a big corporation that feels threatened by
Linux, I would adopt a strategy of getting a retail outlet to sell a
system that shows Linux in the poorest light possible.
</paranoia>

Yuri