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Quickies

by | Tue 29 Jan 2008

Some quickies for you:

* I bought a Dell M1330. Unfortunately I put in the order a week before the Ubuntu availability was announced, so I did not get an Ubuntu pre-installed one. Not that it mattered, I never even booted Vista – Gutsy was on there quicker than you can say “*they drink it in the jungle*”. It is an *excellent* laptop – I went for the Intel graphics one to support the free drivers. Everything works out of the box, apart from Compiz – I had heard of some driver issues with the Intel card, and I am sure this will be fixed soon.
* I did an interview about Ubuntu for ComputerWorldUK. Go and [read it here](https://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=428&blogid=14).
* More and more speakers for LugRadio Live USA 2008 are confirming – I will announce them in another blog entry.
* Overkill are playing Bloodstock! This makes me happy – they are one of my fave bands, and I have only ever got a chance to watch them once over in the UK.
* In a week I head to [SCALE](https://www.socallinuxexpo.com/) and then to San Francisco. In between I will be doing a Google Tech Talk.

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