<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Not yet, you can't. Dell hasn't made them available for sale *yet*. Let's not jump the gun here. That said, I run GNU/Linux on a C640 (CentOS 4), a D600 (Ubuntu Edgy), a D610 (Slackware 11), and a D820 Core Duo (Ubuntu Feisty, 64-bit). The only thing that doesn't work is the built-in Winmodem, which, fortunately, I don't use anyway. Of course, there is the issue of Broadcom wireless with the D600 and D610, but I got that working just fine with a 2.6.17-and-later kernel and some firmware. CAVEAT!! If you want to max out the DRAM with a Dell laptop, be careful to buy only 3GB of DRAM, not 4GB. We found out the hard way, with the D820, that you lose 768MB if you try installing the full 4GB, leaving only 3.25GB. Dell does *not* tell you this anywhere on their Web site. --TP <div class="moz-signature">_______________________________ Do you GNU!? <a href="http://www.gnu.org/">Microsoft Free since 2003</a>--the ultimate antivirus protection! </div> Jason Neiffer wrote: <blockquote cite="mid993ff5300705071226y195f0aa8k3d6465140a950431@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">I have also heard good things about System76 from various Linux podcasts, however, I would certainly consider comparing stats with Dell's offerings. You can purchase a Dell laptop with Ubuntu now and every single piece of Dell hardware I have purchased has been VERY Linux compatible. In most cases, Ubuntu runs better than the flavor of Windows that it comes with. Good luck, Jason Capital HS/Montana <div>On 5/7/07, Timothy Hart <<a href="mailto:timothy.hart@gmail.com">timothy.hart@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Not exactly K12LTSP related, my apologies. But I thought some people may have some opinions on this. Has anyone ever used any of the laptops from system76 (<a href="http://system76.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://system76.com</a>). I need a new Linux laptop and heard about them on the Linux Action Show. Wondering if anyone has had some first hand (or second or third) knowledge about them. Thanks. Tim _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.k12os.org" target="_blank">http://www.k12os.org</a>> </blockquote> </div> -- Jason Neiffer <a href="mailto:neiffer@gmail.com">neiffer@gmail.com</a> <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a></pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>