laptop question
 

I got a few question about this laptop i want to get.I want to know if all this hardware is supported on ubuntu or fedora linux?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dell-15.6-...03MRB/15779809

My wife has that model direct from Dell and the fedora 15 and 16(beta) live usb's all worked perfect.

I take you have the same hardware on it and what the model name of it?Does she have the wimax on it to?

From my reciept, the relevant lines are:

Inspiron 15R
Intel®Core™i3 -350M 2.26Ghz/3M
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3
15.6" High Definition (720)p LED Display with TrueLife™
Intel® HD Graphics
Dell Wireless 1501
No Wimax, but it does also have bluetooth that works

Hope this helps

I forgot to ask what type of network card is built in it?

Dell Wireless 1501

Being a Dell, there's a good chance that the wireless is a Broadom chipset. I have a 1545n and a Dell Mini 9 and both have Broadcom wireless.

They both work fine with Ubuntu as long as the restricted drivers repo is enabled to grab the Broadcom wireless firmware.

I haven't tested them with Fedora.