Thanks, Jared. That is just the kind of information I was looking for
but unable to find because I have difficulty matching the model number
in the sales information ("Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series 2-in-1") with
the designation in the certification website ("Dell Inspiron 3147 Laptop").
This laptop looks promising.
Ken
Kenneth H. Funk II, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, USA 97331-6001
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On 12/8/15 11:37 AM, D. Jared Dominguez wrote:
> A couple configs of the Inspiron 3147 (this laptop) have been certified
> with Ubuntu:
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201403-14888/
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201403-14889/
>
> --Jared
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 11:21:49AM -0600, Ken Funk wrote:
>> Thanks to all who have replied so far.
>>
>> Last night I looked at a Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series 2-in-1 (http://
>> www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-11-3147-laptop/pd?oc=fncwr1203sddr&l=en&s=dhs),
>> which is about the size I want, though I don't care much about the
>> touchscreen.
>> I don't know if it falls in the Linux-friendly Dell professional line or, if
>> it
>> does not, what the differences might be that would make Linux installation
>> difficult. Does anyone have experience with that system, or know enough about
>> it to make a judgement?
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> Kenneth H. Funk II, PhD
>> Associate Professor
>> School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering
>> Oregon State University
>> Corvallis, Oregon, USA 97331-6001
>> 1-541-737-2357 | fu...@engr.orst.edu | http://www.engr.orst.edu/~funkk
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15 8:53 AM, Diego Martinez wrote:
>>
>> really good comment there.
>>
>> Diego
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Dave Woyciesjes
>> <woycies...@sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/08/2015 09:39 AM, mlabow...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > I'd recommend buying a Chromebook and installing crouton for full
>> Linux
>> > access
>> >
>> Does crouton have bacon-bits as a dependency?
>>
>>
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