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I don't really know off of the top. Based off of secondhand knowledge none |
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that I can recall. |
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However, the best thing I can think of to be sure everything works is to get |
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the latest knoppix DVD and then run that. If the basics work right off of |
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the bat (WLAN,video,sound,Power functions) then you should be good to go. |
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If not, at least you can a). return without any issues or b). have a |
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starting point on what you need to do/get. |
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Regards, |
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Christopher Koeber |
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On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Matthew R. Lee <gentoo@××××××××××.org> |
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> I'm thinking of buying a dell Ubuntu desktop (Inspiron 530MT) for my lab. |
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> The |
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> university has an arrangement that can get me a discount. I have a |
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> question, |
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> has anyone bought one of these and installed gentoo on it? I sure it will |
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> work, I'm just wondering if there are any tweaks that dell have made to the |
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> Ubuntu install to make certain components work, that may be more difficult |
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> to |
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> replicate with the gentoo install. I'm going for the default set-up plus |
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> extra memory, that's a Pentium dual-core processor E2180 1MB 2GHz, 2GB RAM, |
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> 250GB SATA, 20" widescreen, Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator |
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> 3100, |
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> Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio |
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> Any comments would be appreciated |
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> Saludos |
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> Matt |
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> Dr. Matthew R. Lee |
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> Instituto Biologia Marina 'Jurgen Winter' |
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> Universidad Austral de Chile |
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> Campus Isla Teja |
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> Valdivia |
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Regards, |
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Christopher Koeber |