Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
- Original Message - From: "Numberwhun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 7:42 PM Subject: Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell Ben, Thanks for the reply. I wasn't aware of Dell's linux site. I must be brutally honest and say that I did not purchase this laptop with the intention of only having Linux on it. If that were the case, I would have looked at compatibility. Instead it fully meets my other needs and may be dual booted. Again, thanks for the link!! Happy holidays. Jeff Kirkland Instead of dual booting you could go the vmware route. It is (generally) easier to setup on laptops (since you are dealing with virtualized hardware). It makes it really easy to try multiple different Linux distros. Video speed could be better but for everything else (including large compiles) the slowdown is not really present. I think you can get a $100 rebate on vmware as a member of a Linux users group. (Not sure if they are still running it). I submitted one name for someone here on the group and I think they got their $100 discount. Let me know if you are interested. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
Michael Nolin wrote: I found angrydwarf.com to be most helpful. It should be angrydwarf.org The specific page is http://www.angrydwarf.org/content/article/projects/2003-05-28/i600m -- Dan Jenkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-206-9951 *** Technical Support for over a Quarter Century ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
Michael Nolin wrote: I found angrydwarf.com to be most helpful. AFAIK, there is no angrydwarf.com any more. The site currently goes to a "buy this domain" server. I ran back through the Wayback Machine and find nothing since early 2003. It was a game site for a bit then, as far as I could tell. And an empty blog page prior to that. The first couple of years it was registered it showed a "coming soon" page. The only other reference I found Googling was: "Dean, Howard: Running for president. Maintains a website at www.angrydwarf.com. Kills kittens for fun." which doesn't seem helpful. :-D -- Dan Jenkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Rastech Inc., Bedford, NH, USA --- 1-603-206-9951 *** Technical Support for over a Quarter Century ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
I use a Dell Insperion 600m, in a Dual Boot configuration with RH9. I had probems with Broadcom WLAN but was able to get a NDIS $15 driver from Lunixant.com. You'll want to step up to perhaps a 2.6 core for proper battery management. I found angrydwarf.com to be most helpful. My only concern would be the Broadcom has sprung more evil silicon on the marget, their all in one com-chips are not always supported especially on thier desk top machines. Dell support seems useless (reactive), my machine was shipped with the wrong drivers disk, and multiple requestes ended in a dead end. Lots of phone calls very little help. The web support channel has some good driver updates. Michael Nolin Embedded Solutions Unlimited, LLC __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
Ben, Thanks for the reply. I wasn't aware of Dell's linux site. I must be brutally honest and say that I did not purchase this laptop with the intention of only having Linux on it. If that were the case, I would have looked at compatibility. Instead it fully meets my other needs and may be dual booted. Again, thanks for the link!! Happy holidays. Jeff Kirkland Benjamin Scott wrote: On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, at 12:42pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently purchased ... a new Dell Inspiron 9200 ... I have been doing some searching on places like google and cannot really find anyone that has installed Linux on this particular model. Well, a couple "academic" points: One should generally check compatibility *before* making a purchase. :-) Dell offers two lines of laptops: Inspiron and Latitude. The Inspiron are targeted at "home users". The primary design goals is cheap, cheap, cheap. The after-sale support absolutely sucks. The Latitude line is targeted at "business users". They cost more, but you get much better support, and it's far less likely to infuriate you. Of course, most people buy the Inspiron. Given two identical computers, with identical specs, one more expensive but with good after-sale support and one cheaper with horrible after-sale support, 97 out of 100 people will buy the cheaper one. And they get what they pay for, every time. But I digress. On to the matter at hand: I suggest heading on over to http://linux.dell.com/ -- the home of all things Linux at Dell. The mailing lists, in particular, are full of knowledgeable people who use Linux on Dell stuff. Nothing specific to laptops at this time, I'm afraid, but maybe you find something. Good luck! ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I suggest heading on over to http://linux.dell.com/ -- > the home of all > things Linux at Dell. The mailing lists, in particular, > are full of > knowledgeable people who use Linux on Dell stuff. > Nothing specific to > laptops at this time, I'm afraid, but maybe you find > something. Another place to try is the linux-dell-laptops group on Yahoo (you can get e-mail as well). The FAQ is at: http://whacked.net/ldl/faq/ You should be able to join the mailing list by sending an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jeff ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
Hi Jeff, I've tinkered with various versions and flavors of Linux on everything from servers to notebooks to iMacs, and there were a few Dells in the bunch, the only machine that really gave me issues was an old Racer with an AMD K6-2, that refused to accept anything other than Libranet or Knoppix... I can't speak for your new Dell though, but why not give it a shot and let us know how things turn out... Good Luck, Mike - Original Message - From: Numberwhun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question about installing Linux on a Dell Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 12:42:06 -0500 > > Hello everyone! > I recently purchased (and am waiting for the delivery of ) a new > Dell Inspiron 9200 ( 17" display, 1920x1200, 1 gig ram, 100gig > internal hd, 250 gig external hd, dual 9cell batteries) which I > pimped out as it is going to have to last me a while. I have been > doing some searching on places like google and cannot really find > anyone that has installed Linux on this particular model. I have > even checked www.*linux*-laptop.net and there is no listing for > this model there. > > Basically, I am just curious if anyone here on the list has > installed linux on this particular model and if so, did you have > any problems? Did anything fail to work? > > Thank you in advance and Happy Holidays! > > Regards, > > Jeff Kirkland > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss -- ___ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, at 12:42pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently purchased ... a new Dell Inspiron 9200 ... I have been doing > some searching on places like google and cannot really find anyone that > has installed Linux on this particular model. Well, a couple "academic" points: One should generally check compatibility *before* making a purchase. :-) Dell offers two lines of laptops: Inspiron and Latitude. The Inspiron are targeted at "home users". The primary design goals is cheap, cheap, cheap. The after-sale support absolutely sucks. The Latitude line is targeted at "business users". They cost more, but you get much better support, and it's far less likely to infuriate you. Of course, most people buy the Inspiron. Given two identical computers, with identical specs, one more expensive but with good after-sale support and one cheaper with horrible after-sale support, 97 out of 100 people will buy the cheaper one. And they get what they pay for, every time. But I digress. On to the matter at hand: I suggest heading on over to http://linux.dell.com/ -- the home of all things Linux at Dell. The mailing lists, in particular, are full of knowledgeable people who use Linux on Dell stuff. Nothing specific to laptops at this time, I'm afraid, but maybe you find something. Good luck! -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Question about installing Linux on a Dell
I don't have specific info about the laptop in question but, unfortunately, it seems to be very common these days for laptop manufacturers (as well as the manufacturers of the various components) to be just howlingly stupid about Linux support. It's infuriating! For example, I have Debian running on my HP zd7000 (which I bought for its gloriously huge screen) and the results are mixed. Debian rocks, of course, so the parts that work are working very well, but three key components (video, WLAN and memory-card reader) are either poorly supported or entirely unsupported, all as a direct result of the manufacturers' mindlessly phobic attitudes about publishing their HW specs. Nvidia do at least provide a precompiled module for their GeForce FX Go 5600 graphics controller, which works mostly OK. But the dimwits at Broadcom refuse to even consider suporting the BCM4306 WLAN controller; same for the ENE Technology CB710 card reader, so the only chance for those components to be used with Linux is if I try one of the fake-out hacks like NDIS wrapper, something I've so far not got around to trying. So if you're not having any luck finding info about Linux support for your laptop as a whole then you might try searching for war stories about (lack of) Linux support for the various specfic components included in your model, drawing on other people's experiences with laptops that incorporate them. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
