On 8/20/08, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > The teenager down the street has asked me to help him install Linux on his > Dell laptop. Is there an Install Fest coming up soon that I could bring him > to? > > If no Install Fest is planned for the near future I would try to help him on > my own. I guess Kubuntu would be the best distro to use. Are there any > pitfalls to beware of in installing Kubuntu, or other distros (Debian, > Mandriva, etc), on a Dell laptop? > > Robin Carter
Hey Robin, My girlfriend has a new Dell laptop (Inspiron) and Ubuntu works well on it. It's not usually the brand name that matters, more often it's what's inside. As long as the video card is one of the popular ones, the wireless isn't Broadcom, and he doesn't use some funky peripherals, he should be fine. After booting from the Kubuntu (or Ubuntu) install CD, you should have a pretty good idea of whether it's going to work or not. The install CD is also a live-cd, so you should be able to see if your hardware is supported or not before you even start the install! -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
