On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 10:57 AM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 7:55 PM Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I just got a brand new Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series 3511 laptop. Came > with Windows (ugh!) preinstalled. > > My old Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series 3542 laptop (made in 2014) just > died. So this one should work, right? > > > > No. > > Also see https://linux-hardware.org/ . It is a database of supported > hardware. > > I think it includes the minimum kernel version for support of a > particular chipset, once you drill in. > > Jeff If you are missing drivers or firmware then I recommend installing Debian 12 Bookworm. You can download the live installer from: https://get.debian.org/images/weekly-live-builds/amd64/iso-hybrid/ Debian 11 is old and does not work with the latest hardware without installing from debian backports which I do not recommend. Debian 12 is already frozen for release testing. I have been running Debian 12 for over a year now and only ran into one problem yesterday. I was having problems installing mariadb-server. I made a work around hack today and got it to install. Tim -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
