NYCPHP Meetup

[Oktay Altunergil]

If you go with Mandrake 8.2 on an Inspiron (mine is inspiron 8100 with the nvidia chip) everything will be probed and configured properly except for the modem (for which I am told there's a lucent driver) and XFree. You need nvidia's own kernel module and driver from their site. It is pretty easy to install and use a readily available XFree configuration file to get the display going at full resolution. linux-laptops.net has around 10 pages that relate to installing on the inspiron 8100 (other models too but they are all similar).

All in all inspiron is a perfect linux laptop and if you're a newbie, you can't go wrong with Mandrake.

Oktay Altunergil

On Thu, 04 Jul 2002 09:18:47 -0400
John Ensign <dev at thebinarylab.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> My Brother has an Inspiron, and has been running RH 7.3 for a bit with no
> hang ups.
> Hes not very skilled with Linux, so I was surprised to find out that it
> installed
> without a hitch. ( no funky drivers etc... ).  Everything works on his unit.
> 
> 
> John Ensign
> Programmer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: evan heller [mailto:evan.heller at alum.rpi.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 9:37 PM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: [nycphp-talk] Linux Help
> 
> 
> Ok, I got a good question for you anyone that can
> answer:
> 
> I'd like to setup linux on my new laptop but I
> haven't used linux seriously since the days of
> slackware from about 4 years ago. Which linux
> distribution would be best for a Dell Inspiron in
> the sense of good drivers and power management.
> Also, would anyone be willing to volunteer some
> time perhaps at the next meeting or before the
> next meeting to give me a hand?
> Right now I'm using windows xp home (bleh) so I'd
> like to use dual boot since my games won't run in
> linux.
> 
> -Evan
> --
> 
> Evan Heller
> evan.heller at alum.rpi.edu
> 
> 
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