[TriLUG] Suggestions wanted for Linux laptop

[Carl Crider]

If you are happy with this laptop, I'd suggest getting a compatible drive
elsewhere.
Max the memory and keep on chugging away!

Linux Mint has served my Dell 1545 well.
In case you run into the B43 driver issue, here's a link for help:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=57937&p=368627#p368627

I've had no issues with the WiFi through a number of kernel upgrades this
year.




On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Paul Boyle <boyle at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The hard drive in my Dell Inspiron 1501 is dying.  I've called Dell
> about getting a replacement drive, but they have none, not even
> refurbished ones are available.  So, barring some source of a
> compatible drive (Best Buy, maybe?), I think I will be needing to buy
> a new laptop, and soon.
>
> I would like to know which models local Linux users prefer.  The
> laptop's function will be mostly word processing, web surfacing, a
> little scientific computation and some programming.  I've be running
> opensuse lately, but I am feeling less enthusiasm toward opensuse
> lately.
>
> The biggest PITA with my old Dell has been the wireless (Broadcom
> 4312).  Sometimes the kernel upgrades were vexing. Broadcom didn't (or
> doesn't) release Linux versions of its drivers (or at least the
> firmware), so it would be nice to get a laptop which had uses a
> wireless card with good open source Linux wireless support.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
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> Paul D. Boyle
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> Department of Chemistry - Box 8204
> North Carolina State University
> Raleigh, NC 27695-8204
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