Hi, I'm recently retired from my university job. I am looking for a laptop to run CentOS 6/7. My university was a traditional Dell site so I've used Latitude laptops for years, currently E6500/E6510. Anybody got any experience of running CentOS on the newer Dell Latitudes E5000 or E7000. These are not certified according to Redhats' Hardware Guide. Alternatively Precision Workstations would do. These can be supplied with Ubuntu installed so they run Linux. Thanks, Tony -- Linux nogs.tonyshome.ie 2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 18 19:25:05 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have been buying off-lease used Latitudes and Precision laptops for years for the sole reason that they are always Linux friendly and solidly reliable. Most of them can be ordered new with Ubuntu. Mike On 11/22/2016 10:23 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:> Hi, > > I'm recently retired from my university job. I am looking for a laptop > to run CentOS 6/7. My university was a traditional Dell site so I've > used Latitude laptops for years, currently E6500/E6510. > > Anybody got any experience of running CentOS on the newer Dell > Latitudes E5000 or E7000. These are not certified according to Redhats' > Hardware Guide. > > Alternatively Precision Workstations would do. These can be supplied > with Ubuntu installed so they run Linux. > > Thanks, > > Tony
Hello, On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:19:41 -0500 "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <sysop at w1nr.net> wrote:> I have been buying off-lease used Latitudes and Precision laptops for > years for the sole reason that they are always Linux friendly and > solidly reliable. Most of them can be ordered new with Ubuntu.I am using Dell Latitude series for more than 10 years (professionally, as a dev, so you can imagine that the system is not sleeping during working hour), solid hardware and good Linux support. I only saw minor degradations across 4 laptops and only one or two tricks sometimes necessary like for the wifi or eth chip when configuring the system but I always win at the end. Regards,> On 11/22/2016 10:23 AM, Tony Molloy wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm recently retired from my university job. I am looking for a > > laptop to run CentOS 6/7. My university was a traditional Dell site > > so I've used Latitude laptops for years, currently E6500/E6510. > > > > Anybody got any experience of running CentOS on the newer Dell > > Latitudes E5000 or E7000. These are not certified according to > > Redhats' Hardware Guide. > > > > Alternatively Precision Workstations would do. These can be > > supplied with Ubuntu installed so they run Linux. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tony > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20161122/e7a7dbca/attachment-0001.sig>
Mike McCarthy, W1NR wrote:> I have been buying off-lease used Latitudes and Precision laptops for > years for the sole reason that they are always Linux friendly and > solidly reliable. Most of them can be ordered new with Ubuntu. ><g> Note that you can order servers with RHEL. mark "what do you *think* we have a lot of running CentOS?"
On 11/22/2016 07:23 AM, Tony Molloy wrote:> I am looking for a laptop to run CentOS 6/7. My university was a traditional Dell site so I've > used Latitude laptops for years, currently E6500/E6510.Dell's Linux laptops are listed here: http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop?c=us&l=en&s=biz
On Tuesday 22 November 2016 18:32:14 Gordon Messmer wrote:> On 11/22/2016 07:23 AM, Tony Molloy wrote: > > I am looking for a laptop to run CentOS 6/7. My university was a > > traditional Dell site so I've used Latitude laptops for years, > > currently E6500/E6510. > > Dell's Linux laptops are listed here: > > http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop?c=us > &l=en&s=biz >Been through the Dell site, I'm very familiar with Dell. The original question was whether anybody was running CentOS 6/7 on Dell Latitude or Precision Workstation so I could replace Ubuntu with CentOS. Rather not go for XPS basically a gaming machine not expandable enough same with Inspiron. Thanks, Tony -- Linux nogs.tonyshome.ie 2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 18 19:25:05 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Hi Tony, I've installed CentOS7 on a Latitude 7470 and can say for a fact that most of the suff just works, while some of it that doesn't (like HDMI, or KMS, nifty little feature I like to have) works with an Elrepo LT or ML kernels. Personally, I'd recommend the LT kernel. I also read in the RHEL 7.3 release notes that I2C support for Gen6 mobile CPUs was introduced. Thus as the time passes, say 6 months from now, one should be able to drop the LT/ML kernel in favor of the stock RHEL/CentOS kernel. On a side note, the Latitude design/sturdiness impressions were much better than that of a Lenovo X1 Carbon gen4. Regards, Milos. On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 03:23:08PM +0000, Tony Molloy wrote:> > Hi, > > I'm recently retired from my university job. I am looking for a laptop > to run CentOS 6/7. My university was a traditional Dell site so I've > used Latitude laptops for years, currently E6500/E6510. > > Anybody got any experience of running CentOS on the newer Dell > Latitudes E5000 or E7000. These are not certified according to Redhats' > Hardware Guide. > > Alternatively Precision Workstations would do. These can be supplied > with Ubuntu installed so they run Linux. > > Thanks, > > Tony
I think you need 4.4 lts kernel, for example elrepo lts. I run this time 4.8.11 with i3 6100 HP Laptop on my own special repo (Test envoirement). X11 uses a git version for the intel graphic card. If you are not a beginner. You can take a view :-) Sincerely Andy [cms4all-drivers] name=cms4all-drivers baseurl=http://centos.cms4all.org/repo/7/drivers/ #baseurl=file:///srv/repo/centos/7/drivers gpgcheck=0 enabled=1 [cms4all-kernel] name=cms4all-kernel baseurl=http://centos.cms4all.org/repo/7/kernel/ #baseurl=file:///srv/repo/centos/7/kernel gpgcheck=0 enabled=1
On Tuesday 22 November 2016 15:23:08 Tony Molloy wrote:> Hi, > > I'm recently retired from my university job. I am looking for a > laptop to run CentOS 6/7. My university was a traditional Dell > site so I've used Latitude laptops for years, currently > E6500/E6510. > > Anybody got any experience of running CentOS on the newer Dell > Latitudes E5000 or E7000. These are not certified according to > Redhats' Hardware Guide. > > Alternatively Precision Workstations would do. These can be > supplied with Ubuntu installed so they run Linux. > > Thanks, > > Tony >Thanks to all who replied to my request above. I'm sorry for the delay in replying but I've been in hospital for the past month, just out on christmas leave. I finally ordered a Precision 7510 Workstation, as recommended by a couple of people. It arrived with Ubuntu installed ( god I don't like Unity ) Over my christmas break I'll have a go at installing CentOS 7 and let ye know how I get on. Again thanks to everyone who took the time to reply, and have a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year. Tony. -- Linux nogs.tonyshome.ie 2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 18 19:25:05 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux