“I have been using my Inspiron E1505 running Ubuntu Linux for a
full week now, and it’s been a pleasure. This notebook computer has
a lot of little nice features that make it pleasant to work with.
It is real quiet, the fan is barely noticeable, the screen fades
out slowly when going into stand-by, a little bar pops up when you
adjust the volume using the cool buttons at the front of the unit,
etc. Here is how I got the unit to play DVD movies.“First I followed the instructions from the Ubuntu Help Center,
which you can access from the ‘System –> Help and Support’ menu
selection on the task panel…”
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