| hads | Morning | 03:02 |
|---|---|---|
| ibeardslee | good of you to join us ;) | 03:03 |
| ibeardslee | morning | 18:40 |
| ajmitch | morning | 18:52 |
| Atamira | mornin | 19:06 |
| ibeardslee | mutter mutter evil hp mutter | 19:42 |
| ibeardslee | priced a laptop for a collegue .. 31c more for FreeDOS instead of Windows | 19:43 |
| ajmitch | heh | 19:43 |
| ajmitch | this comes as no surprise | 19:43 |
| ibeardslee | that would imply that each time I use Windows .. MS needs to pay me 31 cents | 19:43 |
| ajmitch | Somehow I don't think they'll see it like that | 19:44 |
| ajmitch | Maybe that it'd be 31c over the life of the computer | 19:44 |
| ibeardslee | well it does mean that it costs less than free software .. so I should be able to install it to what ever machine I want. .. no? | 19:45 |
| ajmitch | no | 19:45 |
| ajmitch | MS in their infinite generosity have given you a license to use it on one machine | 19:46 |
| ibeardslee | but it costs less than free software. | 19:47 |
| ibeardslee | I think it is time to look further afield for linux laptops than HP | 19:52 |
| ajmitch | how I love screwing up upgrades & having to use obscure apt options to force it through :) | 20:01 |
| Atamira | dont dell have linux laptops? | 20:11 |
| Atamira | granted, not on the nz dell website | 20:11 |
| Atamira | what about laptops with no OS on it ibeardslee ? | 20:11 |
| ibeardslee | Atamira: where from? Happy to go that way if I can find them .. for sale and supported in NZ. | 20:13 |
| ibeardslee | I tried getting a Dell laptop in NZ without Windows. Clearly on their website, until you go to buy it. | 20:14 |
| ibeardslee | When I called asking about it, they removed it from the nz website | 20:14 |
| Atamira | yeah...its not available here..wasnt in oz either when i was there | 20:14 |
| Atamira | http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php | 20:14 |
| Atamira | they had laptops and desktops with no OS on them | 20:15 |
| ibeardslee | we are now getting our PCs from Silicon Systems in Petone | 20:15 |
| Atamira | we have one of those up here in auckland | 20:16 |
| Atamira | but pbtechnologies in cheaper | 20:16 |
| Atamira | tho they do add the gst on it AFTER wards | 20:16 |
| ibeardslee | unfortunately they sell Toshiba laptops .. which although nice hardware .. Toshiba told me they won't sell laptops without Windows | 20:16 |
| hads | ibeardslee: Not surprising at all, I've had several suppliers of Linux laptops arrive and then disappear over the years. | 21:06 |
| ojwb | morning | 21:10 |
| thumper | morning | 21:12 |
| mwhudson | morning | 21:43 |
| ojwb | my partner's just upgraded to lucid, and spent some time hunting through the desktop config options trying to move the buttons back to the right | 22:38 |
| ojwb | she couldn't believe you can change all sorts of theme frippery, but not that | 22:38 |
| mwhudson | ojwb: http://havethebuttonsmovedbackyet.com/ | 22:49 |
| ojwb | they don't seem to work | 22:49 |
| * ajmitch preferred the windows 3.1 layout | 22:50 | |
| * ojwb thinks these overlapping windows are a passing fad | 22:51 | |
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