Jan Schledermann wrote: > Scott Fitzgerald wrote: > >> Hi, All, >> >> (thanks to all who answered my last laptop post, this is a follow up) >> >> Been laboring over the laptop decision, and I am dedicated to doing this >> with debian, so hear goes. >> >> A lot of guys in my Linux SIG have the solution to throw money at the >> problem by buying laptops with pre installed linux. While this looks >> like a good commercial solution, I am looking for something on the cheap. >> >> I was wondering if my bright idea was really a bright idea. Dell's >> computers are so inexpensive, but their connectivity absolutely sucks >> according to all things I find on the web (at least for us linux types.) >> Would it be smart to say, buy the cheapest dell, and ignore the built in >> modem and wireless lan, then wipe the disk, and buy a working modem and a >> working wireless lan PCMCIA cards? I'm hoping that Dell would have an >> option to just have the devices never installed. >> >> What do you think? >> --- >> Scotty > I own an Inspiron m510. > I am running sid and I: > can use bluetooth to connect to external storage / camera > can network through the built-in nic > can network through the onboard wifi > can connect to the internet through either the built-in modem > or my SonyEricsson k700i (via bluetooth) or any of the nic's. > I burn- and watch DVD.s, listen to live365 (streamtuner), chat on msn, > talk to folks via Skype, click on and enjoy all kind of multimedia content > in firefox and ........ > > This notebook replaced an older PIII Dell Lattitude which also connected > the crap out of itself! > > Getting the stuff to work is only a question of hanging in there and > google for answers when something doesn't work! >
Do you mean I would have to run Sid instead of Sarge to get everything to work? --- S Thank you for reply -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
