Re: any examples where Debian was installed in Dell Inspiron 5160?
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:55:00 -0400, H. S. <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> A friend, whom I have introduced to Linux(Debian Sarge) and now loves
> it, asked me if Linux (Fedora Core 2 or Debian) will run nicely on
> Inspiron 5160. If I yes, the notebook will bought. But I can't say yes
> till I am sure. I am looking for someone who has tried this. The
> notebook in question seems to be fairly new model and has no mention in
> http://www.linux-laptop.net/. However, the 5150 is mentioned there.
>
> So if anyone here has tried it, could you share your experince?
>
> The specs, for others who may be able to give advice, are:
> Processor: Mobile Pentium 4 (2.8GHz with 533 MHz FSB)
> screen: 15 in. SXGA display
> RAM: 512MB 333MHz 2 DIMMs
> Video card: Nvidia 64MB GeForce FX, Go5200 AGP 4x
> Hard drive: 60GB ultra ATA
> NIC: INTNIC
> Modem: INTMDM
> DVD/CD: 8x DVDRW
> W/L NIC: TM13501 802.11b/g 54Mbps Mini PCI card
>
A friend of mine have one ot those, but i should ask him the exact
model. Sid works ok on it, i don't think he has tried to configure the
modem, but he don't use it anyway, and the touch pad isn't working
correctly at the moment in X, but he said he has b0rked something on
his XF86Config...
Andrea
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