Linux weekend

Dell Mini 12 I have ordered for my parents in Poland arrived on Friday, 24th (five days ahead of schedule - bravo, Dell!) I have ordered it with Ubuntu Linux instead of Windows for two reasons:

• it is cheaper,
• Ubuntu can be configured to use Polish interface (and many other) out of the box.

I was impressed: during the first boot i was asked to specify my language (Polish) and location (Poland) and in a few minutes I was talking to my computer in Polish.
I have connected to the internet quickly and downloaded updates: during the second round of updates system downloaded huge number of files and now it looks that it updated itself from Ubuntu 08.04 to 08.10.
Today I have purchased external DVD drive and modem to complete the configuration. Lots of fun!