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03-09-2004, 11:36 PM
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Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Greenville, NC
Distribution: Fedora core 4
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Linux and Dell XPS Laptop
Has anyone installed Red Hat or Fedora on the Dell XPS laptop. Any hardware problems? I am thinking about purchasing one for mobile gaming but it must also run red hat or fedora fine. Thanks
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03-10-2004, 01:45 AM
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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Knoxville TN
Distribution: gentoo
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check up on hardware support. If it all checks out you are okay. You really need to do this with laptops as hardware for laptops is a lot more dynamic than that of desktop pcs.
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12-03-2011, 09:29 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2011
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Fedora 16 rocks on xps 15
Yes, Its fedora 16 that works great on dell xps 15. wifi, vga, sound etc all fine. Debian not working. Ubuntu 11.04 works great.
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12-03-2011, 10:34 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,727
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The most important spec to consult is the wireless chipset. Dell tends to favor Broadcom.
Any distro, such as Slackware, that does not do Broadcom automatically will require some extra work. Distros that include Broadcom support, such as Ubuntu, do splendidly out-of-box.
Other than that, I have never had an issue with Linux on any Dell, and I've had three desktops, two laptops, and one netbook running Ubuntu, Debian, and Slackware.
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12-03-2011, 10:52 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Lots ...
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Resurrecting a 7 and a half year old thread ???.
Try something someone might still care about ...
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12-04-2011, 09:06 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
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Quote:
Originally Posted by syg00
Resurrecting a 7 and a half year old thread ???.
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Drat. Thanks. |
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