On 14/07/22, Brian Barber wrote:
> Good afternoon, everyone. I have an older, not-exactly stock Dell Inspiron
> 1501 (AMD 64-bit CPU, 4G RAM and a 120G SSD) that I want to use for general
> purpose computing and for ingesting a bunch of video from older VHS and
> MiniDV tapes. I have a USB RCA adapter and a FireWire PCExpress card to
> help with this.
>
> Believe it or not, I cannot successfully install Ubuntu (various
> versions) on it. It not only does not recognize the Broadcom wifi adapter,
> it has some deep-seated hatred of it. I get kernel panics whenever the OS
> tries to load modules for it, and I have made numerous attempts to fix this
> with no joy. Google inspiron 1501linux wireless and see that I'm not alone
> (and I'm a pretty seasoned Linux guy.) I must have tried everything
> suggested in the first five pages of search results.
I'd try Debian Jessie. I gave up on Ubuntu around 10.x due to problems
installing on a couple of desktops.
I've also been using Mint Debian a bit recently, but it won't do disk
encryption on install.
I'm currently running Debian Wheezy on one pair of laptops and Fedora 20 on my
work laptop.
> Is there anyone on the list who can suggest a good disto to try anew. I
> have used Debian-based distros for a loooong time, but I am wide open to
> trying anything Debian-based, or not. The laptop is bare metal now.
> Perhaps there is something nifty out there that is worth a shot. BTW, I
> would rather not go the Slackware/Gentoo BIY route.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
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