Re: [us-marketing] Dell 'Sputnik' XPS 13 - Shout-out for LibreOffice?

Certainly sounds like DELL may just be installing an older version of
Ubuntu. LibreOffice has been the standard in Ubuntu releases since
shortly after LO's first release.

Also sounds as though the folk at DELL are blind (by choice?) to the
challenges of running any version of MS Office on Linux.

More to the point, I have just heard back from the head of Ubuntu
Vancouver LoCo and he writes:

"I don't have a specific contact to help resolve this issue. I recommend
that interested parties call Canonical's head office and ask to speak
with the "OEM Services" team. They work closely with Dell, HP, Lenovo,
etc.

Canonical Group Limited
London, UK
Main switchboard number: +44 20 7630 2400 "

Sounds like a good place to start (but don't forget the time zone
differences, eh?).

Georges

Le jeudi 29 novembre 2012 à 15:09 -0500, Robinson Tryon a écrit :
> Dell just launched their 'Sputnik' developer laptop in the US,
> (http://dell.com/sputnik) and potential purchasers can configure their
> purchase online (http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/xps-13-linux/pd.aspx)
>
> The first two screens in the customization tool are very confusing.
>
> The first screen in the 'customizing' tool is for Operating System and
> shows a Ubuntu logo and offers a non-choice (one radio button
> filled-in) of UBUNTU Linux. What's especially confusing is the set of
> features described next to the Ubuntu logo (in the image):
>
> ----
> featuring Mozilla Firefox 3.0 browser,
> OpenOffice 3.0 for Word Processor,
> Spreadsheet, Presentation,
> Email/Calendaring, and with Photo,
> Music & Video Applications
> ----
>
> FF 3.0 was released in June 2008, and OOo 3.0 in October 2008. I'm
> pretty confident that neither one ships with Ubuntu 12.04. Someone
> must be using an *ancient* graphic!
>
> Moving on to the next page in the customizing tool, labeled
> "Productivity Software", we see a big graphic of (what else?)
> Microsoft Office....but it's MS-Office 2010. Oops! The non-choice
> radio button says "No Productivity Software Requested", which is in
> direct conflict with the previous screen that indicated that Ubuntu
> came with OOo 3.0. It's also really confusing in general -- why show a
> picture of MS-Office, and then have no option to select MS-Office?
> *headdesk*
>
> It would be a big win for everyone if we could get in touch with
> Ubuntu and Dell and offer to help them update these configuration
> screens and graphics. Sure, developers aren't necessarily the heaviest
> users of LO, but it would be nice for the project to get some
> additional facetime whenever a Sputnik laptop is ordered.
>
> If someone has contact info for Canonical or Dell, I'd be happy to
> take the lead on talking with them.
>
>
> Thanks!
> -- Robinson



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