On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 19:03 -0500, John Aten wrote: > I see that Dell offers the Inspiron 14 or 15 3000 series non-touch > laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled; this model is around the price/spec > range that I would like. I figure, if it runs Ubuntu, then this is > possibly a good indication that I could install Debian; I haven't found exact specifications, but I think that the Dell/Ubuntu offerings have Nvidia graphics, and that means you're stuck with either proprietary drivers or not-so-well-supported reverse engineered drivers. If you're not looking for high-performance graphics Intel is usually the safe choice. And try to avoid any systems with dual/switchable graphics. You might consider buying a used or refurbished system. Good support usually takes time to develop, so if you want everything to work on a brand new system you might want to run the latest kernel, latest X and Mesa, don't have to be afraid to try patches, file bug reports and feedback. If you plan on running a stable release of Debian, a slightly older system is probably not a disadvantage. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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