Which Linux Is Best Suited And Less Troublesome For A Dell Latitude D830 Laptop?
Hi, everyone! I have purchased a D830 from dell. It’s been more than 6 month now. It came with a Windows p!ssta installed on it! after encountering endless errors, bugs, pop ups, slow downs and ….. for months. I decided to downgrade to windows XP pro. So I did, and then there were another headache of finding the Drivers for my laptop. but after many weeks of searching, trials and errors I finally found them and Installed them all. I know now that Microsoft is going to stop support for windows XP, and also, even windows XP has got its own problems. since I largely use open source software that are OS cross platform, usually developed for Linux first and then windows too, I am considering to move to a good Linux. But I am not sure, and I don’t know weather It will support my hardware or not. I need a little help on this. which Linux OS do you think is the most compatible with my laptop and my other hardware? I also have a PIXMA iP4500 Canon printer and a Canon Lide 25 scanner.
Do you think I can get Linux to work with my hardware? If not is there a way that I can develop my own drivers for my hardware from scratch?
If yes where should I start from?
PS. please do not answer just to take points, if you don’t know! I really need some expert help on this.
February, 9th 2010 at 12:50 pm
Ubuntu is widely considered to be the most user friendly, which makes it good if you’re converting over from Windows. You should be able to find drivers for whatever peripherals you have installed; I was able to. The only hiccup I had when getting everything to work was that the firmware in my wireless card had to be “cut” out of it with an extra program, but it was easy and straightforward.
February, 9th 2010 at 5:08 pm
I have installed Ubuntu on two different Dell laptops (and a number of other desktop and laptop machines). The Dell installs went very nicely, easy to do, easy to get the wireless working, easy to get the proprietary video drivers working. A snap!
http://www.google.com “dell D830 linux” should identify problem distros for the D830 if there are any – as well as other potential problems you might encounter.
February, 9th 2010 at 11:44 pm
I suggest you download and install Mepis Linux, http://www.mepis.com its evry easy to use and has compatibility with a lot of device even more than ubuntu although ubunutu is also a great option.
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