[geeks] FYI - Dell to start accepting orders for Ubuntu laptop/desktops

[velociraptor]

On 5/24/07, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
> On May 24, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Mark wrote:
>
> > On 24 May 2007, at 23:40, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> >
> >> Mark wrote:
> >>> Also, do they support DAMIT powered Dells with Linux yet? I am not
> >>
> >> Forgive my ignorance, but what is DAMIT?
> >
> > DAMIT = AMD and ATi. It's a terrible acronym but it seems to be
> > catching on :)
>
> No.  In fact, one difference between the E520 (windows) and the E520n
> (ubuntu) is that the E520n can't be configured with ATI graphics.
>
> A good thing in my opinion, as current ATI sucks hard under linux.
> ATI's drivers are terrible.

My Dell Precision 390 came with Nvidia video (dual head DVI using a
splitter cable) and I had no issues with it under Kubuntu after I
nixxed the OSS drivers and switched to the Nvidia provided ones (which
are in the Debian repos).  Of course, this was before I switched to
Solaris x86.  The latter has worked just as well after tracking down
the Broadcom ethernet and Nvidia drivers.  SATA is probably the only
real difference on this box, aside from the video card, from the other
Dell desktop offerings.

=Nadine=