None! No system sounds, no sound in any program. For example, when I started up the computer for the first time, there was no sound. Things I don’t love: some things just don’t work properly. (I do a fair amount of computing in the dark, so the delete key location matters a lot to me.) The keyboard feels great, and the delete key is in a sensible place. I’ve got a nice wide screen, and the laptop has the specs I wanted. Things I love about this machine: Linux was pre-installed.

When my Dell did arrive, I was pleased that it came with minimal packaging, and looked great.

My Dell laptop took about two weeks to arrive, which was fine as I had a borrowed computer to use as I waited. 'Everything will work just fine, right from the start, and you won’t have any more Windows annoyances in your life.' And here’s what happened 'Just buy a Dell with Ubuntu Linux,' I wanted to say. Because everything should just work on my Dell, I looked forward to recommending these systems to friends, even the non-geeky ones. It’ll be the Linux solution for my friends. Since Dell is selling computers that come with Linux already installed, I figured that Dell would make sure that the entire system works just the way it should. But this time, I was sure it would be different. I know that sometimes things should work but don’t, and then I have to find drivers or odd technical fixes on the web before my Linux system will work perfectly.

So everything should just work, right? I’ve installed different Linux distributions many times over the years. Now that’s the sort of thing I want to support! I am not a Windows user, and I’m tired of paying for Windows when I buy a new computer. This is a review of my new Dell Linux laptop, an Inspiron 1525.

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