On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 7:55 PM Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I just got a brand new Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series 3511 laptop. Came with Windows (ugh!) preinstalled.
> My old Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series 3542 laptop (made in 2014) just died. So this one should work, right?
>
> No.
Also see https://linux-hardware.org/ . It is a database of supported hardware.
I think it includes the minimum kernel version for support of a
particular chipset, once you drill in.
Jeff
If you are missing drivers or firmware then I recommend installing Debian 12 Bookworm. You can download the live installer from:
https://get.debian.org/images/weekly-live-builds/amd64/iso-hybrid/ Debian 11 is old and does not work with the latest hardware without installing from debian backports which I do not recommend. Debian 12 is already frozen for release testing. I have been running Debian 12 for over a year now and only ran into one problem yesterday. I was having problems installing mariadb-server. I made a work around hack today and got it to install.
Tim
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1)
My old machine (now torn apart) was listed there.
My new machine does not seem to be listed there. Not surprising, since manufactured in 2023-January.
2)
I did try a fresh install to the old machine of a Bookworm daily build about a month ago. It almost all the way through the non-graphical, expert-mode install, only to hard fail at refusing to install grub. More than once.
Since I now have a working setup, I think I will just patiently wait a few months until soon after the official release of Bookworm Stable, then either upgrade or fresh install then.