Ubuntu web site does not say where I can buy a laptop with Ubuntu

Thanks for your bug report. I forwarded your bug upstream, it should increase the chance to get it fixed. Thanks again!

It's very difficult to fix this bug, because such a list would have to be maintained for the whole world. Some local community teams have made some efforts towards gathering such information (see for example the Australian team [1]), but I have the feeling that collating such information on a worldwide basis for the Ubuntu website would be a large job. It may be that the marketing team would be interested in trying to fix this bug, so I'll subscribe them to the bug report.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/UbuntuFriendlyNotebooks

Good idea, needs some discussion as to implementation

'Large jobs' are exactly what effective team collaboration (given appropriate tools, like a wiki) is able to accomplish :)

This doesn't have to be achieved on a world scale. In fact, I think the best approach is at the LoCo level, just as the Australian team (of which I am a member) has done. When you buy a computer, what matters most is how it is sold where you live. What Dell does in the UK has little bearing on how they do business in Australia, for example.

System 76 sells them preconfigured with Ubuntu as well. http://
system76.com/

I almost purchased one from them but I want something smaller than 14
inches; i.e. ultra light, under 4 lbs, 12" max but 10" would be even
better for travel. (and unfortunately I need a windows path for work
so I'm still looking for a machine I can dual boot rather than just
Ubuntu.)

I was just thinking about this type of "bug" this morning.
UbuntuDemon and others on the forums were all searching for laptop
recommendations. It would be nice to have a section called, "The
Community Recommends. . . " with a list of a few desktop and laptop
configurations that have been proven stable. Everything seems to be
reversed at the moment; i.e. there's a list of bugs with certain
setups but not "here's what's known to work." I found this page to
have some good notebook info as well:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptopsOthers?
highlight=%28notebook%29

Dinda

On Oct 1, 2006, at 4:04 AM, Matthew East wrote:

> It's very difficult to fix this bug, because such a list would have to
> be maintained for the whole world. Some local community teams have
> made
> some efforts towards gathering such information (see for example the
> Australian team [1]), but I have the feeling that collating such
> information on a worldwide basis for the Ubuntu website would be a
> large
> job. It may be that the marketing team would be interested in
> trying to
> fix this bug, so I'll subscribe them to the bug report.
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/
> UbuntuFriendlyNotebooks
>
> --
> Ubuntu web site does not say where I can buy a laptop with Ubuntu
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/63192
>
> --
> ubuntu-marketing mailing list
> <email address hidden>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing

This wikipage is an attempt to provide resources to Individuals or Teams who want to build such a list:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFriendlyHardwareSuppliers

It also has a "Known Lists" section.

Matthew East wrote:
> It's very difficult to fix this bug, because such a list would have to
> be maintained for the whole world. Some local community teams have made
> some efforts towards gathering such information (see for example the
> Australian team [1]), but I have the feeling that collating such
> information on a worldwide basis for the Ubuntu website would be a large
> job. It may be that the marketing team would be interested in trying to
> fix this bug, so I'll subscribe them to the bug report.
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/UbuntuFriendlyNotebooks
>

My own list, for the UK and not Ubuntu specific:
http://technolalia.org/resources/uklinuxhardware.html
LXer list (covers much of the world, and specifies distro):
http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/

I feel that the large job is not listing or tabulating the data, but
simply getting Ubuntu pre-installed by vendors. In the meantime, the
Ubuntu website should have a list of hardware vendors, just as it does
with service partners.

John

> In the meantime, the
> Ubuntu website should have a list of hardware vendors, just as it does
> with service partners.

I filed that request just now at https://bugs.launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-website/+bug/77311

As with bug 77311, please work with the marketing team to produce such a list, if the project takes off then we will be able to take appropriate steps in relation to the website. Closing this bug for now.