On 07/16/2012 04:56 AM, melvinjose wrote:
> The model is inpiron15R and the series 5520
i suppose you meant inSpiron 15R, using Inspiron 15R 5520 (and google) i
found this page on the Dell site:
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15r-5520/pd
which lists the hardware is for “Windows® 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-Bit,
English”
now, perhaps there are other pages on Dell’s nets where that hardware
lists other versions of Windows, and maybe even Linux…but, i can’t
find those…
so, the problem for Linux is that Dell and Microsoft design engineers
work together to make the hardware and operating system work as well
together as possible…they both know the ‘secrets’ of their own
system and know how to write drivers that fully take advantage of
everything the hardware has to offer (in terms of speed, quietness,
battery life, use of built in mics, cameras, etc etc etc)…
and when you load in a non-Win7 system, it may ALL work, it may
not…and i don’t how to find out what works what does not work with
openSUSE other than to:
-
load the system you want and check for yourself (we know that is not
possible)
-
look at the hardware compatibility list (that Carlso already pointed
you to)…unfortunately, i can’t find your Inspiron on that list (that
list being horribly out of date and mostly useless, as it is impossible
to keep up to date)
-
so, the next best to look at smolts.org where i also do not find an
“Inspiron 15” or 15R listed, nor anywhere find the string “5520”–have a
look for yourself:
http://www.smolts.org/reports/view_profile/Dell,%20Inc.
hmmmmm, i see ‘they’ have given up on smolts also…
- the other thing to do is just use google without restricting the
search to SUSE/openSUSE (which means it might work with Red Hat but
not openSUSE) like:
https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+“inspiron+15R”+5520+problem
where i also find too much to look at!
- the easiest way to get a laptop that works with Linux is to buy one
that is shipped by the maker with Linux installed…
as those are most often top-of-the-line, professional machines you can
be sure it will not be the least expensive purchase of your life…
this page, for example, shows 15 Dells sold by Dell with Ubuntu installed:
http://www.dell.com/us/enterprise/p/laptops.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~ck=mn#!facets=80770~0~1791343&p=1
they may or may not work with openSUSE 12.1, or any Linux other than the
Ubuntu it is shipped with…on the other hand, all of them may work
perfectly with every Linux or Windows ever shipped.
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