<![CDATA[Glump.net]]> Commentics Brendan Kidwell Sorry I don't understand exactly what you're asking, and this isn't a support forum. (Try askubuntu.com and superuser.com for general Ubuntu and desktop PC support.) If you feel that you've done something wrong in setting up your computer and you want to start over, I suggest downloading the latest version of Ubuntu directly from the source and installing from a USB thumbdrive. The Ubuntu that comes with the Vostro V130 is now outdated.

]]> Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:40:07 -0400 item_10 Ashraf Sarhan I have been bought this laptop. It's a great laptop but i have a question , after i got it, while i was trying to configure the system, i made a mistake in the step number 5, when i did want to delete the password which i wrote it using the BackSpace button, i pressed three or four time on the enter button instead then i saw that the system finished the configuration, i could not see the recovery step and the steps after it. Could you help me to know that if the steps which i accept by pressing the enter key, Are those steps important and can affect my system,please ?
Finally, thanks so much for your post, it is very informative :)

]]> Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:56:37 -0400 item_9 Brendan Kidwell @Ed that's great! I'll keep it in mind if I ever want to use Bluetooth. (I have vague plans to write up a T-Mobile/Bluetooth connection script since the GUI tools do such a bad job of making/resuming a Bluetooth pairing and dialing into T-Mobile as a single action. At least that's my experience so far with Blackberry smartphones and T-Mobile and Bluetooth.)

@Catherine I also went to System 76 first but unfortunately their notebooks were way out of my price range with capacity and features beyond what I needed.

]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:50:27 -0400 item_8 Catherine Thank you, Brendan, for this write up. It's answered my sole lingering question about upgrading Ubuntu.

I'm on the verge of ordering one, too. I want a ~13" specifically, but System76 (widely recommended at Ubuntu forums) wants so much more money for what I need. That's not to say I wouldn't want a System76--I would--but just can't.

Thanks!

]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:44:56 -0400 item_7 Ed Found a bluetooth fix for my Mint 11 that should work for your Ubuntu 11.04.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/714862
The fix is posted at comment #10:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/714862/comments/10

]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:19:05 -0400 item_6 Ed I finally got my Vostro and installed Linux Mint. Here is my recent blog post on the subject and video commentary on the laptop and Mint 11.
http://www.edwardcrosby.com/2011/06/12/my-new-dell-vostro-v130-with-linux-mint-11/
Never was able to get bluetooth working, though, in Mint 11.

]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:03 -0400 item_5 Victor Jansson I have read about fixes for the bluetooth. Apparently they work.

Great review.. planning on buing one myself because the vaio y I bought some months ago doesn't really support Linux that well.

]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 10:42:38 -0400 item_4 Brendan Kidwell Thanks for commenting. I'm intrigued by your suggestion that Bluetooth will work in Linux Mint.

]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 20:32:04 -0400 item_3 Ed Good, thorough review. Thanks.
I've ordered the v130 also with the Celeron u3600 processor and should get it sometime this week. However, I ordered the one with the 7200RPM drive and ordered a 4GB stick from Crucial, so, hopefully, it will be a little bit faster. Since mine came with Windows 7 Home, I plan on installing Linux Mint 10 also as a dual boot. From what I understand, everything is supposed to work in Linux Mint 10, even bluetooth. We'll see.
I plan on posting a blog post also (maybe video blog) once I receive it.
I'm excited.

]]> Mon, 23 May 2011 14:01:57 -0400 item_2 Jared Thanks for the post. I ordered a v130 too, and I was wondering about upgrading Ubuntu to a more recent version. I'm glad to hear that it shouldn't be a problem.

- J

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