<div><div class="gmail_quote">Tried Ndiswrapper to get the Broadcom chipset working? Worth a go.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 July 2010 13:47, Frederic Vagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fred@vagner.me.uk" target="_blank">fred@vagner.me.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
I just got a brand new laptop from DELL, Precision M4500, I use Fedora<br>
13, and I transferred my home directory from my old Dell XPS M1210 to<br>
the new install of Fedora.<br>
Everything is working perfectly fine except Wifi (the card is a Broadcom<br>
BCM43224, apparently too recent, the group working on the driver says<br>
that they are working on supporting this new chipset, on their website),<br>
and the 3D rendering on the nVidia Quadro FX880M, but it should work in<br>
the next few days, when I get around to it.<br>
<br>
I think it also depends which distro you want to use on your laptop, and<br>
how much time you want to spend to set it up properly. I would recommend<br>
Fedora or Ubuntu as they are more user-friendly when it comes to setting<br>
up all the bits and pieces like Wifi, Video cards/screen and USB.<br>
<br>
Also, DELL is good, but more expensive than Acer, for example, however<br>
I've never tried Acer.<br>
<br>
Fred<br>
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On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 11:18 +0100, James of the Family Moore wrote:<br>
> Well... I've just installed OpenSuSE 11.1 on a Dell<br>
> threw-it-together-out-of-spare-parts (OK the base is an Inspiron 8200<br>
> with a processor upgrade from a 1.2GHz Celeron to a Mobile P4 at 1.9GHz<br>
> but everything else is out of different machines!), things just<br>
> mysteriously worked. I wasn't expecting the wireless (Intel Pro/2100<br>
> 3B/MIM2000 Centrino) to work out of the box, to be honest, and was<br>
> pleasantly surprised to discover that in fact it does. Apart from 3D<br>
> acceleration on the GF4 MX440 graphics which I hope to get running at<br>
> some point (some help there maybe? Apparently the latest NVidia package<br>
> doesn't support the chip...)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 14/07/2010 10:37, Michael Simms wrote:<br>
> > My HP laptop worked first time installing Linux on it. Everything<br>
> > 'just worked' including bluetooth, wifi, webcam, everything. I was<br>
> > very pleasantly surprised. I'd always recommend their stuff at this<br>
> > point.<br>
> ><br>
> > Michael Simms, CEO - Tux Games LTD<br>
> > <a href="http://www.tuxgames.com" target="_blank">http://www.tuxgames.com</a><br>
> ><br>
> > On 07/13/2010 09:03 PM, stripes wrote:<br>
> >> Hi Folks,<br>
> >><br>
> >> I am planning to get a new 64-bit laptop (prefer NVDIA graphics) and<br>
> >> run ubuntu. What makes would you suggest? I prefer HP and Dell<br>
> >> (have an XPS 1330 running lucid lynx) and have had experience with<br>
> >> Acer (mixed) and Toshiba (not so good).<br>
> >><br>
> >> Any suggestions?<br>
> >><br>
> >> thanks<br>
> >> stripes<br>
> >><br>
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