can i install linux os in my laptop Dell INSPIRON N4010...

rag26783 · 03-06-2011, 10:11 AM

I'm having DELL INSPIRON N4010 laptop with core i5 processor. can i install linux in my laptop. now its having windows 7 home premium 64bit OS. is any problem after installing Linux? which version of linux OS is suitable for my laptop? where to download free linux OS? Plz help me...

Thanks and Regards

Raghavendra

repo · 03-06-2011, 10:16 AM

Welcome to LQ

A good start would be
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/
You can download a live CD from almost every distro.
Boot from the live CD and see if your hardware is supported.
Take a look at
http://distrowatch.com/
for download locations, or use
http://iso.linuxquestions.org/

Kind regards

hashmat · 07-10-2011, 01:20 AM

Even I have Dell N4010 with i3, i had tried latest Ubuntu and Fedora 15, these don't work, they have issues with networking.
Thanks for the sites. N4010 is not listed in linux-on-laptop site.
Did anybody any working Linux version for Dell N4010 ?
thanks.

jefro · 07-10-2011, 02:22 PM

I doubt there is a version just for that.

Try live cd's for general hardware compatibility tests.

Linux can use a nic in one of three ways. One is native support. You simply boot and it works. Then there is add on driver. You find out your nic and then get a driver and install it. Lastly is ndiswrapper to use a windows driver on linux.

Gourab · 07-21-2011, 06:15 AM

I have inspiron N4010 with i3.Which drivers I need to install after installing fedora 15?
plz help me.

yancek · 07-21-2011, 09:08 AM

You should get results by googling Fedora hardware compatibility list.
What specific problems are you having with drivers?

galerie · 04-10-2013, 01:07 PM

sorry to bump this old thread

I am also n4010 user. Now a day at the time I posted this reply, Installed Ubuntu 11.10, Xubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 14 and Slackware 14.0 and all are run smoothly on my laptop.
Just in case if there n4010 user still searching for answer

EDDY1 · 04-10-2013, 09:58 PM

Great info
Don't forget it's almost time to either upgrade Ubuntu 11.10 or reinstall as of May 9 2013