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Dell XPS M1330 preloaded with Ubuntu. No hassles of installation at least. In any case whatever notebook you choose, do a bit of research to find out that the

by vizard 18y ago

Dell XPS M1330 preloaded with Ubuntu. No hassles of installation at least. In any case whatever notebook you choose, do a bit of research to find out that the wireless card works properly under linux. I have had decent experience with Intel's wifi cards since drivers are open source and hence included in most distros. Wifi is the number one annoyance on most notebooks. edit : I wud advice to look for "Centrino" branded stuff. That usually works out of the box. But YMMV.

jobeirne 18y ago
I had an Inspiron 1420 that I believe packs the same graphics card as the M1330 currently ships with and had a pretty awful experience trying to get Linux (or Windows, for that matter) to drive it well. It was very choppy. I believe it was an 8400M GS.
- stcredzero 18y ago
  I have a coworker with the Dell 1420 laptop that's preloaded with Ubuntu, and he hasn't had a lick of trouble. I also installed Xubuntu on my Inspiron 1750 multimedia laptop, and once I hooked it up to my router, the Hardware Drivers utility downloaded scripts and everything basically got installed for me.
  - jobeirne 18y ago
    Your coworker's 'top may not have had the discrete GPU mine had; I've heard that the integrated chip works great.
    - adr 18y ago
      I have the same GPU and it works fine.
SwellJoe 18y ago
I wud advice to look for "Centrino" branded stuff. That usually works out of the box. But YMMV. The primary concern is the WiFi drivers (thought graphics can also be an issue). If it has the "Centrino" label, it's probably running an Intel WiFi and graphics chipset...both of which are documented fully and thus are very well supported in all modern Linux distributions. I have one of the first generation Dell's that included the then-freshly opened Intel WiFi and graphics chipsets, and it has always worked great, through numerous distros and versions.
notauser 18y ago
I'd second the XPS M1330. My flatmate has one and it's pretty good (especially for the money). The Eee 1000 Linux is very well built too, although the low screen resolution would probably make it unsuitable for a main dev box.

by vizard 18y ago

jobeirne 18y ago

I had an Inspiron 1420 that I believe packs the same graphics card as the M1330 currently ships with and had a pretty awful experience trying to get Linux (or Windows, for that matter) to drive it well. It was very choppy. I believe it was an 8400M GS.

stcredzero 18y ago
I have a coworker with the Dell 1420 laptop that's preloaded with Ubuntu, and he hasn't had a lick of trouble. I also installed Xubuntu on my Inspiron 1750 multimedia laptop, and once I hooked it up to my router, the Hardware Drivers utility downloaded scripts and everything basically got installed for me.
- jobeirne 18y ago
  Your coworker's 'top may not have had the discrete GPU mine had; I've heard that the integrated chip works great.
  - adr 18y ago
    I have the same GPU and it works fine.

SwellJoe 18y ago

I wud advice to look for "Centrino" branded stuff. That usually works out of the box. But YMMV. The primary concern is the WiFi drivers (thought graphics can also be an issue). If it has the "Centrino" label, it's probably running an Intel WiFi and graphics chipset...both of which are documented fully and thus are very well supported in all modern Linux distributions. I have one of the first generation Dell's that included the then-freshly opened Intel WiFi and graphics chipsets, and it has always worked great, through numerous distros and versions.

notauser 18y ago

I'd second the XPS M1330. My flatmate has one and it's pretty good (especially for the money). The Eee 1000 Linux is very well built too, although the low screen resolution would probably make it unsuitable for a main dev box.