On 13 January 2012 12:50, alan c <aeclist@???> wrote:
> With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I
> called in to Novatech Reading on my travels. I spoke to the Manager
> Alex Burrows. I had discussed Ubuntu etc with him on a previous
> occasion or two over the years and received agreement in principle to
> try out Ubuntu on specific kit by arrangement (at non busy times).
>
> This time I was happily surprised to find that if I (or anyone else)
> wanted to try Ubuntu on any particular product then he had it already
> on a USB stick ('firestick' was the term he used). I mentioned the
> larger range of laptops available at the Portsmouth store - there were
> 6 laptops on display at Reading but a lot more on the web site
> (Portsmouth, I guess). Alex then added that the (Area/store) Manager
> at the Portsmouth store (John Leslie) would be also happy to fire up
> Ubuntu, again, preferably by pre arrangement for non busy times.
>
> Alex thought that most kit would work ok with Ubuntu although the most
> obvious reservation he had was about any internal 3G cards, which he
> thought might not always work.
>
> He knew of a number of customers who used various Linux based OSs.
>
> What I realised in this conversation was that for the first time in my
> contact with Novatech, they seemed to have a basic 'procedure' with
> which to deal with Ubuntu. I like this, and they had a USB stick with
> Ubuntu, specifically for testing.
>
> I still think it might be useful to take along your own (Ubuntu)
> version because Alex seemed to have a lot of confidence that even if
> earlier Ubuntu versions worked, then later versions would also work.
> This has not -always- been my own experience though.
I think it is a good idea that they have their own "firestick".
1) A customer will not introduce a Virus
2) A customer can see a distro of Linux, that will at least be similar
to one they choose, working or not on the Laptop.
Most device drivers are based in the kernel, so are likely to be much
the same on the various distros.
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