Ubuntu on Dell Inspiron 5100
1
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 2:23
Hey, I'm considering trying out Ubuntu. I have a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop with the following specs:
2
Name:
Anonymous 2006-10-10 9:39
(sage)
sage
3
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 10:38
>>1
Will Ubuntu work with this hardware or fail spectacularly?
Yes.
It will probably work with it, but Ubuntu fails spectacularly itself.
4
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 13:19
no it will not work. get a real OS.
5
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 14:31
GNU hurd?
6
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 16:05
it'll work fine. why wouldn't it?
7
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 17:42
NO
8
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 22:56
>>6
Well I was a bit curious since I've heard Linux has problems with ATI cards and (most?) wireless cards.
I guess I'll wait for 6.10 to be released and then see how it goes.
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Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 23:22
10
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-10 23:45
11
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-11 0:48
>>4
yes FreeBSD would do nicely
12
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-11 2:26
>>8
does alright for basic functionality with ati cards, and i think they are making great strides in wireless. ati makes shitty drivers for linux though.
13
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-11 16:41
Enjoy outdated Flash 8 not working.
14
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-11 16:45
>>13 Enjoy outdated Flash 7 not working.
Fixed
15
Name:
Anonymous
2006-10-11 19:41
>>14
>>13
Flash is made of AIDS. Besides that, 9 is coming out for Linux soon anyway.