Take a look at the following, and you will get an idea of how well it works with Linux. http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html http://tuxmobil.org/dell.html Barry On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 18:26, Allen wrote:
Hi all,
I just ordered my first Laptop machine, and I'm wondering if anyone has used the same model, or knows if it works with SUSE Linux, or at least works with Linux in General, because I really don't plan on leaving XP on it.
Laptop Specs:
Inspiron 5150 Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 3.06GHz, 15-in XGA
RAM 512MB, 333MHz, 2 DIMMs
Video Card 32MB DDR NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX Go5200 AGP 4x Graphic
Hard Drive 30GB Hard Drive
Integrated Network Card
Internal 56K Modem
8X Max Variable DVD-ROM Drive
Primary Battery 96 WHr Lithium-Ion Primary Battery
Dell 720 Color Printer
Does anyone have a laptop like this? I haven't looked into it yet but I'm just wondering if anyone does use one of these and if they work or not. I won't be using the modem, so that doesn't matter.
I have a Cable connection, so the NIC hopefully will work. And Printers... I've never used one in Linux before, so that will be new to me.
I have about 60 OSs, including SUSE Linux 8.1 8.1 and 9.1 Professional, and BSD and Other Linux distros, and I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck with this system.
So what do you guys think? This is my first laptop, and I'm hoping it works out. Are Dell Inspiron Laptos generally good? Good with Linux?