alienware laptop exotics and linux???

deiz92 · 09-28-2006, 12:42 PM

Has anyone here tried Linux on the Alienware laptops? I'm thinking of buying one, I asked alienware about putting linux on it preconfigured, but they said no, so if i go about installing linux on anothe partition, what complications would i have?

Just to clarify some features it may will have...

1920 x 1200 17inch display running on "Dual" 256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS - SLI Enabled, Integrated webcam and using a AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile ML37 2.0GHz

What support does linux have for the above exotics?

thanks so much

Zmyrgel · 09-28-2006, 12:55 PM

Nothing too exotic in above. Main problem usually is the wireless adapter and chipset.

deiz92 · 09-28-2006, 02:27 PM

thanks for that... i actually went and bought a dell xps m1710, i may try linux on it at some point, anyone got any news on the xps and linux... a review mentions linux on it....

"At the top of the keyboard there resides two functional buttons, the Media Direct button allows you to quickly boot to a Linux OS that allows you to play media (see OS section for more) and then there's the rounded power button located at top center." - http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...Dell+XPS+M1710

thanks