Re: Debian and Dell?
According to Vincent Lefevre,
> On 2004-12-15 22:30:34 -0500, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> > I just purchased a Dell for my home office and am interested in using
> > Debian on a partition. As my only Linux experience comes from a Mac, I
> > have some questions:
> [...]
>
> First, you should have asked if Debian was supported. With recent
> Dell machines, like the GX280, you need to recompile a kernel so
> that Ethernet is supported, and concerning XFree86, the official
> Debian package doesn't support the new chipset (i915).
I had to use nVidia's proprietary driver to get video up to
full width on mine. And the ethernet was quirky too (I forget
what I had to do).
I'd have gone with HP if only they had a competitive display
(1920x1200) since HP is way more Debian-friendly than Dell.
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