[geeks] FYI - Dell to start accepting orders for Ubuntu laptop/desktops

[Joshua Boyd]

On May 24, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Mark wrote:

> On 24 May 2007, at 23:40, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>
>> Mark wrote:
>>> Also, do they support DAMIT powered Dells with Linux yet? I am not
>>
>> Forgive my ignorance, but what is DAMIT?
>
> DAMIT = AMD and ATi. It's a terrible acronym but it seems to be
> catching on :)

No.  In fact, one difference between the E520 (windows) and the E520n  
(ubuntu) is that the E520n can't be configured with ATI graphics.

A good thing in my opinion, as current ATI sucks hard under linux.   
ATI's drivers are terrible.