Re: What OS to run on Dell 2650?
- From: Dances With Crows <danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:59:25 -0600
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:46:31 -0600, David staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
I need some advice how to choose a CURRENT [Linux] [distro] that will
work with an older Dell 2650. I need a google search, but the answers
are vague and cover older releases.
If you don't understand the answers you get from Google, what makes you
think you'll understand answers from Usenet? The general rule with
Linux is that if distro version X supports hardware FOO, then distro
versions X+1 .. X+bignum support hardware FOO as well.
I am [most] concerned about support for graphics drivers. Any pointer
to a web site would be helpful.
http://www.chrishowells.co.uk/index.php?content=8 says a Dell Inspiron
2650 has an i845 IDE chipset, a Geforce2Go, and a 3c59x. All of that
hardware has been supported for *years* and should work fine on any
recent distro. http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html should be one of the
first places you look for questions like "How do I get laptop Z working
with Linux?" HTH,
--
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