Re: Dell Inspiron which Linux

From: Jeff (jeff_at_falsepart.com)
Date: 06/11/05 

Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 16:11:58 -0400

Thanks for replying.

Help me understand:

> I've got Knoppix/Debian 3.8 Custom HDinstalled on my Inspiron 4100.

Is this a flavor of Knoppix (I thought there was only one Knopix) or do you
mean you have 2 different distributions installated, Knoppix and also
Debian? 

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Jeff Stevens
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Jim wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
>> Hi, everyone.  I used Mandrake Linux on a PC about 5 years ago but
>> had to give it up because I needed to use MS Office for work.
>>
>> Now I want to try Linux again, as a dual boot installation, on a Dell
>> Inspiron 8100 laptop that already has XP Home SP-2 installed. I've
>> not followed what is happening in the Linux world and am therefore
>> not knowledgeable about the distributions available.  Which would be
>> a good distribution to use on this laptop?
>>
>> My needs are
>> a) learning Linux
>> b) useable software (MS Office replacements, gimp, dialup internet
>> capability, support for networking with XP Pcs, etc.)
>> c) Having easy configuration tools ("newbie style").
>> d) Easy upgradeability as far as resolving dependencies automatically
>>
>> Thanks for any advice.
>>
> I've got Knoppix/Debian 3.8 Custom HDinstalled on my Inspiron 4100.
> Pretty speedy on a 1.0 PIII with 384MB RAM. Everything works with
> minimal configuration. Screen is up to 1152x864 after updating the
> graphics driver (ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 64MB), YMMV on this as Dell
> do love to change the graphics chips model on model (I know, I've got
> four Dell laptops, they all use entirely different chips - one Radeon
> (on the Inspiron), a GF4 MX440 (on a Latitude C840), an Intel Extreme
> (on a Latitude C400) and a Rage 128 M3 (Latitude C610). Most of the
> time it's even possible to activate the slave VGA connection so you
> can span panels, clone, stretch or dualpane. Handy. :)

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