Re:Ubuntu is coming back to Dell Laptops
by jlarocco on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @07:52PM
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That's been possible for a long time on Dell laptops.
I've had 3 Dell laptops running Linux and I've never had a problem. Recently I've been using Mint, but before that I used Debian and before that Slackware. The biggest problem I ever had is that some of the wireless drivers had to be installed via module-assistant, which is annoying. Also, I couldn't get accelerated OpenGL on one of them, but that was due to an ancient video card that was unsupported even on Windows at that point.
I will admit they were second hand laptops, so maybe the bugs were worked out in the time between their being released and my buying them.
I've had 3 Dell laptops running Linux and I've never had a problem. Recently I've been using Mint, but before that I used Debian and before that Slackware. The biggest problem I ever had is that some of the wireless drivers had to be installed via module-assistant, which is annoying. Also, I couldn't get accelerated OpenGL on one of them, but that was due to an ancient video card that was unsupported even on Windows at that point.
I will admit they were second hand laptops, so maybe the bugs were worked out in the time between their being released and my buying them.