Re: Dell E5500 notebook and Debian support
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:13:54PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: For graphics card: Intel - quite good driver support. ATI - open source drivers are there for 2D. 3D is almost there for most chipsets Nvidia - you will have to use proprietary drivers from them. Not true. You can use the free nv driver which is suitable for most tasks. -- Chris. == I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. -- Stephen F Roberts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Dell E5500 notebook and Debian support
On 01/16/09 07:11, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:13:54PM -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: For graphics card: Intel - quite good driver support. ATI - open source drivers are there for 2D. 3D is almost there for most chipsets Nvidia - you will have to use proprietary drivers from them. Not true. You can use the free nv driver which is suitable for most tasks. Except that nvidia uses significantly less CPU resources. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA I am not surprised, for we live long and are celebrated poopers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Dell E5500 notebook and Debian support
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:02:12 +0530 (IST) tanushyam bhattacharjee gett...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Hi All, I am going to purchase a dell E5500 notebook and Debian Linux will be used as OS.I am interested to know whether latest Debian kernel supports the wireless and graphics of this model or not. tanushyam Check out http://linux-wless.passys.nl/index.php for wireless support. For graphics card: Intel - quite good driver support. ATI - open source drivers are there for 2D. 3D is almost there for most chipsets Nvidia - you will have to use proprietary drivers from them. Good luck. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Dell E5500 notebook and Debian support
Hi All, I am going to purchase a dell E5500 notebook and Debian Linux will be used as OS.I am interested to know whether latest Debian kernel supports the wireless and graphics of this model or not. tanushyam Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
