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| DATE | 2015-06-05 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Linux Laptops cheap
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On 06/05/2015 02:12 PM, einker wrote:
> I feel the same way re: RAM these days. No reason not to max out the
> RAM configuration.
> As far as what distro will work, like you said you really need to know
> exactly whats under the hood as
> well as chipset and version numbers. Dell has always played it close
> to the vest and most Dell PCs
> will not run Linux easily as opposed to using a HP Deskpro 6000/7000
> business desktop that I was
> always able to install OpenSuse/Slackware and OpenBSD. HP workstations
> are well known to
> allow Linux and BSD installs without much fuss.....
That's funny because when I met Michael Dell at the Linux Expo all those
years ago he swore that any Dell is 100% comadity, open and would work
with Linux
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