[PLUG] Inspiron 2600

[Alan]

On Monday 08 April 2002 03:26 pm, Patrick Leckey wrote:
> I actually have a 2600 running, currently SuSE, but it did start with
> RedHat on it.  Everything was autodeteced by both RedHat and SuSE except
> the on-board sound, which was easily taken care of by installing the ALSA
> project drivers.  They are very, very nice laptops.  I love my book, and
> it is rarely more than 25 feet from me at any time.  802.11 is good. :)

Especially for people running AirSnort.

802.11 encryption is *VERY* broken.


>
> Pat.
>
> On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 11:37:22AM -0700, Colin Kuskie wrote:
> > After years of battling X and PCMCIA on my laptop, I'm thinking about
> > upgrading to a newer one.  A Dell Inspiron 2600 looks like it matches
> > my needs almost exactly, but there are no entries for it on the
> > linux-on-laptops site.
> >
> > Do any of you have experience putting Linux (preferably Red Hat) on
> > that particular model, or know if the 2600 is close to any of the other
> > models for comparison?
> >
> > Colin
> >
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