On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 05:10:55PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > I find myself imagining myself with a Dell Inspiron Mini 12 > (http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-12?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&s=dhs) > -- the Ubuntu versin, of course. > > The attractions on this device are > 1. It runs Linux > 2. It has a keyboard with standard key spacing. ( don't need a > number pad) > 3. It's lightweight (under 3 pounds) > 4. It isn't huge. In fact, it's about as small as it can be and > stull have a standard size keyboard. > > Does anyone have any experience with this device? Or with other Dell > Linux laptops? > > In particular, is it likely to run with *any* LInux distro, or does the > hardware require proprietary Ubuntu drivers?
My preference is Debian. Although Ubuntu is Debian-derived, it isn't Debian. The big differences (aside from package version numbers and bugfixes) are means of configuration and autoconfiguration, and embedded proprietary software. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
