[opensuse] Dell Notebook
I have a friend that has a Dell notebook that is a Windows holdout. However, he keeps seeing my setup at home and listening to me tout SuSE and he sent me a question recently that I simply can't answer. Will it work on his machine? This is the information he sent me: The info on this machine is: Dell Inspiron 1521 - AMD Turion X2 1.6 Ghz processor, 2 Gb RAM, 160 Gb HD, Sigma Tel high def audio codec, ATI Radeon X1270 video, Broadcomm wireless 802.11b/g. The SUSE 10.2 Live dvd had everything working except the sound and the wireless. I was wondering if anyone in the SUSE forums had this configuration and had everything working under 10.2? Any information about how well 10.2 in particular performs on the above hardware ESPECIALLY multimedia. He listens to MP3's and watches *.avi and DVDs and even plugs his stereo into the line out jack so he can listen to his CD collections he has captured on disk. He currently uses Windows and if 10.2 works well with his specific hardware, I believe he will now join the ranks of EX Windows. I would also be interested in how 10.3 B3 and later work though from testing on my home machines (not Dell), I am not sure it is quite ready for prime time. It has 'eaten' my drives, hidden my cursor, blanked my sound, and while I'm willing to test and try to debug 10.3, I'm not sure it is quite ready for someone so currently Windows centric but 'looking'. Thanks in advance Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 28 September 2007 21:20, Richard Creighton wrote:
I have a friend that has a Dell notebook that is a Windows holdout. However, he keeps seeing my setup at home and listening to me tout SuSE and he sent me a question recently that I simply can't answer. Will it work on his machine? This is the information he sent me:
The info on this machine is: Dell Inspiron 1521 - AMD Turion X2 1.6 Ghz processor, 2 Gb RAM, 160 Gb HD, Sigma Tel high def audio codec, ATI Radeon X1270 video, Broadcomm wireless 802.11b/g. The SUSE 10.2 Live dvd had everything working except the sound and the wireless. I was wondering if anyone in the SUSE forums had this configuration and had everything working under 10.2?
Well, you'll need to watch for the broadcom wireless. I don't know why the LiveDVD didn't pick up the sound cards, but that can be simply because it didn't sense it. Generally, Dell laptops are well-suited for SUSE. I have one (older) Dell and have friends with Dell laptops. I'm currently writing on an HP/Compaq laptop while sitting next to my home-brew SUSE desktop.
Any information about how well 10.2 in particular performs on the above hardware ESPECIALLY multimedia.
Broadcom may be supported, but not included in the live dvd. http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Broadcom_(BCM4306)_WLAN_Installation_under_SUSE As for the Sigmatel... http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=559548 http://michaeleberhart.net/linux/opensuse/10_2/ http://www.users.bigpond.com/vkelim/SuSE_notes/node168.html HTH! -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Someone else answered about the hardware....
Any information about how well 10.2 in particular performs on the above hardware ESPECIALLY multimedia. He listens to MP3's and watches *.avi and DVDs and even plugs his stereo into the line out jack so he can
With 10.2 you would need to install the 3rd party repo stuff.. esp the Packman builds. Once that is done, you have full MP3 support as well as avi and DVD support in Xine, MPlayer, etc. Personally, with Amarok and MPlayer/MythTV in 10.2 I have better multimedia support than I ever did in Windows. The one exception is DRMed video (the stuff that requires a license key to be downloaded so you can view it). That does not work (well or often not at all) in Linux.
interested in how 10.3 B3 and later work though from testing on my home machines (not Dell), I am not sure it is quite ready for prime time. It has 'eaten' my drives, hidden my cursor, blanked my sound, and while I'm willing to test and try to debug 10.3, I'm not sure it is quite ready for someone so currently Windows centric but 'looking'.
10.3 is still not released.. I would NEVER give a beta release to a new user. It has issues.. issues that will be solved before release... hopefully. Even after release, I would give it say... 3 or 4 weeks until the last few bugs are discovered and worked out by all us nutters who have to install it on release day before I woudl suggest a totally new user set up their very first system on it. There are (historically) always a few bugs that show on the general release that were not caught in Beta and RCs because of more people installing on a wider variety of hardware. Once that is cleared up though, I'd guess (given my experience with 10.3) that 10.3 would be an excellent starting point for your friend. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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