[Gllug] Linux laptop?

[Simon Trimmer]

On Tue, 21 May 2002, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On 21/05/02, 17:31:21, Garry Heaton <garry at heaton6.freeserve.co.uk> wrote
> regarding Re: Re: [Gllug] Linux laptop?:
>
>
> > So, will all the hardware on a decent DELL work with the 2.4.18 kernel?
> > Haven't done any kernel-compiling but there's always a first time.
>
> Dell do such a wide range of models that it's a case of selecting a
> possible candidate, finding the spec and checking carefully - though you
> should always do this when putting Linux on a laptop.

Yes and don't believe them, I got shagged with this a few years ago when
they changed half the machine going between cpu speeds :)


> I haven't yet found a Dell box I couldn't get working reliably with
> Linux. The only component likely to be non-functional is the winmodem.

When I bought it there were just OSS drivers for the sound card and apm was
slightly dodgy, two years down the line I have all the bits working on it,
with recent kernels you can even play with the fan speeds...

-Simon
Simon Trimmer <simon at urbanmyth.org>



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