Re: debian support and laptops
On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:12:16 -0500
"Jeremy T. Bouse" <jeremy.bouse@undergrid.net> wrote:
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> wifi card everything is usually well supported. Many laptops are using
> the Broadcom 43xx wifi cards which work if you use the b43-fwcutter or
> ndiswrapper. On my Insprion I simply ordered a replacement Intel wifi
> and easily solved the problem. My work laptop (Dell Latitude D630) is
> running Ubuntu 9.10 fine with a Broadcom 4312 wifi card using the b43
> driver.
Many Broadcom chipsets, particularly newer ones, are not yet supported.
> I would look at the tech specs for the wifi card if that's important to
> you. Otherwise in general the specs (processor, RAM, HDD, ethernet,
> display) are usually not a problem for support these days. If you're
> wanting to run virtual machines I would make sure you have enough RAM to
> support the host OS and any guests you wish to run otherwise it will
> begin to slow down quickly.
And, as someone else pointed out in this thread, irrespective of RAM,
many chips don't have the necessary extensions to support certain
native virtualization technologies.
Celejar
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