Hello, Has anyone used the Dell M3800 (ubuntu) laptop to run CentOS 6.x? If so how did it work out? Also does anyone have a fairly new laptop they are running CentOS 6.x on, that they are happy about? I am in the market for a new laptop and it must run CentOS 6.x. Thanks, -- Stephen Clark
Hi, Dell provides laptops with RHEL ws. Buy one of that kind ? Eero 2015-04-15 19:55 GMT+03:00 Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com>:> Hello, > > Has anyone used the Dell M3800 (ubuntu) laptop to run CentOS 6.x? If so > how did it work out? > > Also does anyone have a fairly new laptop they are running CentOS 6.x on, > that they are happy > about? I am in the market for a new laptop and it must run CentOS 6.x. > > Thanks, > > -- > Stephen Clark > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Eero Volotinen wrote:> > Dell provides laptops with RHEL ws. Buy one of that kind ?Yup. And it'll be slightly cheaper, since you won't be paying for an M$ license.... Just make sure to spend more, though, and buy a business-class machine, not a consumer grade.... even Dell's are less good. mark, with his work laptop Latitude from almost 6 years ago....> > Eero > > 2015-04-15 19:55 GMT+03:00 Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com>: > >> Hello, >> >> Has anyone used the Dell M3800 (ubuntu) laptop to run CentOS 6.x? If so >> how did it work out? >> >> Also does anyone have a fairly new laptop they are running CentOS 6.x >> on, >> that they are happy >> about? I am in the market for a new laptop and it must run CentOS 6.x. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Stephen Clark >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
On 15/04/15 17:55, Steve Clark wrote:> Hello, > > Has anyone used the Dell M3800 (ubuntu) laptop to run CentOS 6.x? If so > how did it work out? > > Also does anyone have a fairly new laptop they are running CentOS 6.x > on, that they are happy > about? I am in the market for a new laptop and it must run CentOS 6.x. > > Thanks, >I am running CentOS6 and 7 on a Lenovo X1 Carbon gen2. For suspend to work, you will need a newer kernel ( the xen4centos 3.10 LTS based kernel works fine ). On CentOS-7, with kernel > 3.10.0-229 works fine out of the box. I know that CentOS-6 works fine, out of the box, on the precision m4800's if you want to Dell. -- Karanbir Singh +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc
On 04/15/2015 01:01 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote:> Hi, > > Dell provides laptops with RHEL ws. Buy one of that kind ?Some quick googles only turned up articles about RHEL on Dell Laptops in 2012 - nothing with RHEL seems to be current only with Ubuntu 14.04 .> Eero > > 2015-04-15 19:55 GMT+03:00 Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com>: > >> Hello, >> >> Has anyone used the Dell M3800 (ubuntu) laptop to run CentOS 6.x? If so >> how did it work out? >> >> Also does anyone have a fairly new laptop they are running CentOS 6.x on, >> that they are happy >> about? I am in the market for a new laptop and it must run CentOS 6.x. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Stephen Clark >> >> >>-- Stephen Clark
CentOS 6 and 7 both boot up and seem to work just fine on the Dell Latitude E6420, which is a 2-3 year old model frequently available 'refurbished' for quite cheap from lease returns. That specific model is a 14", and has an optional 1600x900 screen (which I advise, the default 1280x600(?) screen is just too low resolution to be useful). 2nd generation Core I5 typically, 8gb ram typically, nice and rugged, albeit a bit heavy when compared with an ultrabook. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On 4/15/2015 11:55 AM, Steve Clark wrote:> Hello, > > Has anyone used the Dell M3800 (ubuntu) laptop to run CentOS 6.x? If so how did it work out? > > Also does anyone have a fairly new laptop they are running CentOS 6.x on, that they are happy > about? I am in the market for a new laptop and it must run CentOS 6.x. > > Thanks, >I'm running on a Dell M6800, with the high end graphics option, and everything just works out of the box. I did the install of Scientific Linux myself (based on CentOS 6). No problems. I had CentOS 5 on it first, but that was missing drivers for the wireless and sound (if I remember correctly). -chuck --
Looking for my next linux laptop too, I'm loving this thread. A tangential yet very much related question: In the past when I've purchased a computer and put linux on it, I always had to keep Windows on it (dual-boot) in case there was a probable hardware problem and I had to walk through the tech supporter's manual with her doing Windows things to make the determination. So if I get a laptop from dell and it has linux only installed on it by them, can I still get tech support from dell for their hardware? Has anyone been down this road yet?
ken wrote:> > Looking for my next linux laptop too, I'm loving this thread. > > A tangential yet very much related question: > > In the past when I've purchased a computer and put linux on it, I always > had to keep Windows on it (dual-boot) in case there was a probable > hardware problem and I had to walk through the tech supporter's manual > with her doing Windows things to make the determination. So if I get a > laptop from dell and it has linux only installed on it by them, can I > still get tech support from dell for their hardware? Has anyone been > down this road yet? >If you do, as I said, get an "business" laptop, not the consumer grade. And even then... if you need support, you'll have to get them to route you to "enterprise support", since the laptop/desktop support still don't know Linux. On the other hand, if you do talk to them, you could always point out that the OMSA disc boots CentOS.... mark
On 04/15/2015 12:55 PM, Steve Clark wrote:> Hello, > > Has anyone used the Dell M3800 (ubuntu) laptop to run CentOS 6.x? If so how did it work out? > > Also does anyone have a fairly new laptop they are running CentOS 6.x on, that they are happy > about? I am in the market for a new laptop and it must run CentOS 6.x. > > Thanks, >Thanks to all that replied, I am leaning towards the Dell M4800 mobile WS, it seems pretty impressive and can be ordered with Either RHEL 6.4 $$$, or Ubuntu LTS (no $$$) so if I get it I will go that route. Only question I still have is whether to go AMD FirePro 5100 (standard) or a Nvidia option. Any thoughts or experiences. Thanks again. -- Stephen Clark
On 4/16/2015 2:13 PM, Steve Clark wrote:> On 04/15/2015 12:55 PM, Steve Clark wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Has anyone used the Dell M3800 (ubuntu) laptop to run CentOS 6.x? If so how did it work out? >> >> Also does anyone have a fairly new laptop they are running CentOS 6.x on, that they are happy >> about? I am in the market for a new laptop and it must run CentOS 6.x. >> >> Thanks, >> > Thanks to all that replied, > > I am leaning towards the Dell M4800 mobile WS, it seems pretty impressive > and can be ordered with Either RHEL 6.4 $$$, or Ubuntu LTS (no $$$) so if I get > it I will go that route. Only question I still have is whether to go AMD FirePro 5100 (standard) > or a Nvidia option. > > Any thoughts or experiences. > > Thanks again. >I have the Nvidia one on my M6800, and it works without the nvidia proprietary drivers just fine. -chuck --