depends on the model of dell. I have an inspiron and do have a couple of problems with it. minor, like the missing save to ram file their proprietary bios looks for ( unless you have their windows still on the system you lose this file ) and no support from dell for the inspiron in canada. ~g~ but as far as linux on it, runs great.
if you want to lose windows on a dell you will need to save a significant amount of hd space for a partition for the save to disk function from bios to work. the partition wants roughly 25% of the hard drive, at the beginning of the drive. if you remove any partition it will grow and eat that space by default. a dell thing. Forest C. Adcock wrote: > I have a Compaq Presario 1200, it's name is HELL, and for good reason. That's > what installing was on this thing. Once I got the thing to actually install > though, it works great. I can reinstall on here quite easily now as a matter > of fact just by turning off auto dectection (for some reason, it still > detects everything, it just dosen't hang up doing so anymore.) But all of > that aside, I'd reccomend NOT purchasing one for linux use. From what I've > seen of Dell's machines, they seem to work pretty good for Linux use. I know > my boss uses one as his main computer, and it works like a champ. > > > On Wednesday 16 October 2002 10:14 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > >>I've got a Compaq Armada 700 that was a breeze to install. ONE thing to >>avoid. SiS chipsets. Despite the companies willingness to acknowledge >>Linux and even have downloads for the drivers (sorta) on the website. >>I've never gotten a box that uses them to run right. Others may have. >>butI haven't had the luck. >> >>James >> >>On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 16:00, Richard Tango-Lowy wrote: >> >>>I second the IBM Thinkpad recommendation. I've been running on an A22p >>>for months. Easy install and everything works. I just installed on a new >>>R31. Everything worked out of the box. >>> >>>I particularly like Thinkpads because they hold up well to my rough >>>handling. :-) >>> >>>Rich >>> >>>On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 19:04, Lonnie Borntreger wrote: >>> >>>>On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 16:34, Vincent Meyer, MD wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm finally at a point where I can retire the Gateway Solo 9100 I've >>>>>been using for the last few years. It's the machine I use for both >>>>>my day-to-day work and for cooker. Now comes the fun of selecting a >>>>>new laptop to replace it. Suggestions from the cooker participants >>>>>would be greatly appreciated. If this is considered too far off >>>>>topic, feel free to answer off list. >>>> >>>>As long as you're running cooker, I don't think it's off-topic. >>>> >>>>Anyway, to answer your real question. I've been running cooker on an >>>>IBM T23 for 4 months now without a hitch. Sound, video, dvd, etc. all >>>>work perfectly (initial install with 8.2, then made the switch to >>>>cooker). I haven't "installed" 9.0, so I don't know if there are any >>>>glitches with that.
