Club Linux Coffs Harbour

For those who have been missing professional free-software-friendly hardware and support for home users (business users have OzEtek) since David Chapman and OpenPC Labs left town, your long wait is finally over! I have just discovered that Computerland has been selling systems pre-loaded with Ubuntu for some months now. I'm told the response so far has been underwhelming, so tell all your friends: If you're in the market for a new computer, support a long-established local vendor who is making an effort to do the right thing by their customers through selling systems that respect their freedom.

Parenthetically, and not wanting to sound like an advertisement, when one of our computers died last week and we contacted Computerland to arrange a rush replacement, my jaw almost hit the floor at the price. Not only did their entry level computers come with double the RAM and hard disk space of the system I bought from them last year, but it was almost half the price. When I told Allison how much it was going to cost, she exclaimed "Call them back! Get two!"