Dell's Linux Compat

[Joe]

I have a very old Dell desktop.  Once I got it to work right (they sold me a
weird sound card that hogged resources and a memory dimm that was faster
than what I had and it took me forever to get the system stable), it has
never had a hardware problem in about five years.  I've got Mandrake loaded
on it, but haven't learned enough Linux to use it much.  I'd have to do a
reinstall of a much newer version before I could comment on compatibility.

Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Lawton" <green_man at bluefrog.biz>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:46 PM
Subject: Dell's Linux Compat


> I get fliers from time to time with used Dell computers for sale, and have
been thinking off and on about getting one for
> a Linux only machine. I'm thinking of a Latitude laptop with a P III. How
is their compatability for sound, video,
> modems, NICs, etc, ?
>
> Does anyone have firsthand experince with them ?
> They're happy to tell you how Windows compliant they are because it's
Pentium, but I don't know.
> Call me non-conformist but I've always had AMD chips.
>
> --
> Scott
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