According to Vincent Lefevre, > On 2004-12-15 22:30:34 -0500, Ed Sutherland wrote: > > I just purchased a Dell for my home office and am interested in using > > Debian on a partition. As my only Linux experience comes from a Mac, I > > have some questions: > [...] > > First, you should have asked if Debian was supported. With recent > Dell machines, like the GX280, you need to recompile a kernel so > that Ethernet is supported, and concerning XFree86, the official > Debian package doesn't support the new chipset (i915).
I had to use nVidia's proprietary driver to get video up to full width on mine. And the ethernet was quirky too (I forget what I had to do). I'd have gone with HP if only they had a competitive display (1920x1200) since HP is way more Debian-friendly than Dell. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
