[SuSE Linux] is it possible to run suse on this?
---------------------------------- E-Mail: Nikodemus Karlsson <nickek@algonet.se> Date: 22-Dec-98 Time: 14:42:42 Hi! I've got an offer of my employer to buy a DELL mashine for a good price. But how do I know suse is working on this? Especially the graphic card is a critical component. I've tried the suse hardware database, but most of the components do not exist! Please, anybody who have experiance with suse and some of the components below, help if you can! The machine is a DELL Intel Pentium II 400 MHz. Chipset is Intel 440BX. Graphic card is ATI Rage Pro AGP 2X 8Mb SDRAM T I A /Nikodemus This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
I know that dell are a hell to use..... The hardware is BAD it is using a soft modem and a slow and old graphics card. We use dell machines at work but they are hell to setup. Just getting the network to work takes 30 minutes. And the hardware is not commen hardware you can buy in the shop. I wish you luck installing linux on such a machine. You gona need it, Bye, Justin Kieft Nikodemus Karlsson wrote:
---------------------------------- E-Mail: Nikodemus Karlsson <nickek@algonet.se> Date: 22-Dec-98 Time: 14:42:42
Hi! I've got an offer of my employer to buy a DELL mashine for a good price. But how do I know suse is working on this? Especially the graphic card is a critical component. I've tried the suse hardware database, but most of the components do not exist! Please, anybody who have experiance with suse and some of the components below, help if you can!
The machine is a DELL Intel Pentium II 400 MHz. Chipset is Intel 440BX. Graphic card is ATI Rage Pro AGP 2X 8Mb SDRAM
T I A /Nikodemus
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HEY....whoa there....don't make generalizations about Dell hardware just because you may have had a bad personal experince. I've got a Dell 450 PII here in the office. It has a Western Digital HD, Riva TNT video card, USR X2 modem, etc. Not exactly no-name components (and certainly supported). ;-) I'd say if you can look inside the box and verify that it looks like quality components, go for it. As for being hard to use, I can't recall any problems. And I had one of my off-the-shelf network adapters installed and functioning in about 10 minutes. I can't give >any< compelling reason not to buy the machine. Rick Thompson Motley + Associates, P.C.
I know that dell are a hell to use.....
The hardware is BAD it is using a soft modem and a slow and old graphics card.
We use dell machines at work but they are hell to setup. Just getting the network to work takes 30 minutes. And the hardware is not commen hardware you can buy in the shop.
I wish you luck installing linux on such a machine.
You gona need it,
Bye,
Justin Kieft
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I know that dell are a hell to use..... The hardware is BAD it is using a soft modem and a slow and old graphics card. But the "old" graphics card has the advantage of definitely being supported, BUT NOT likely the modem (you'll need a new one for Linux). We use dell machines at work but they are hell to setup. Just getting the network to work takes 30 minutes. And the hardware is not commen hardware you can buy in the shop. I wish you luck installing linux on such a machine. You gona need it, Still, you may find it worthwhile. Expect to spend a little money for compatability, but if your boss's funding enough of the box, it could be a net saving. See also SuSE specs for the CD-ROM, there's another
Nikodemus Karlsson wrote:
E-Mail: Nikodemus Karlsson <nickek@algonet.se> Date: 22-Dec-98 I've got an offer of my employer to buy a DELL mashine for a good price. But how do I know suse is working on this? Especially the graphic card is a critical component. I've tried the suse hardware database, but most of the components do not exist! Please, anybody who have experiance with suse and some of the components below, help if you can!
The machine is a DELL Intel Pentium II 400 MHz. Chipset is Intel 440BX. Graphic card is ATI Rage Pro AGP 2X 8Mb SDRAM From what I see, it'll run Linux, but you'll need another modem,
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Justin Kieft wrote: potential gotcha. possibly also a CD-ROM, if your boss's price is good enough, and you're willing to mess inside the box, this might well work out well for you. Someday you'll upgrade anyway, if the graphics (for instance) aren't good enough. Ed Craig epcraig@efn.org Finally found a job. (And looking for another). - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
At 08:59 PM 12/22/98 +0100, Justin Kieft wrote: We use Dell at work, and they have proven to be very reliable. The hardware is generally decent. And furthermore, you can ORDER A DELL WITH LINUX ON IT. If I ever buy a complete machine (unlikely), it will probably be a Dell. Indeed, my gateway machine is an old Dell 386 running SuSE 5.3.
I know that dell are a hell to use.....
The hardware is BAD it is using a soft modem and a slow and old graphics card.
We use dell machines at work but they are hell to setup. Just getting the network to work takes 30 minutes. And the hardware is not commen hardware you can buy in the shop.
I wish you luck installing linux on such a machine.
You gona need it,
Bye,
Justin Kieft
Nikodemus Karlsson wrote:
---------------------------------- E-Mail: Nikodemus Karlsson <nickek@algonet.se> Date: 22-Dec-98 Time: 14:42:42
Hi! I've got an offer of my employer to buy a DELL mashine for a good price. But how do I know suse is working on this? Especially the graphic card is a critical component. I've tried the suse hardware database, but most of the components do not exist! Please, anybody who have experiance with suse and some of the components below, help if you can!
The machine is a DELL Intel Pentium II 400 MHz. Chipset is Intel 440BX. Graphic card is ATI Rage Pro AGP 2X 8Mb SDRAM
T I A /Nikodemus
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