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    Other operating systems for 1645?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Jedis, Jul 17, 2010.

  1. Jedis

    Jedis Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone gotten any other operating systems, other than Windows 7, working on a newer 1645, with the 5730 video card and 6250 wifi card?

    Drivers seem to be the big problem, unfortunately.
     
    Jedis, Jul 17, 2010
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    gpig Notebook Deity

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    Why would Ubuntu not work? Better question- why would I want to use it since I already have Windows 7?
     
    gpig, Jul 17, 2010
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    I'm just looking for other options that I can play around with a dual boot. I don't want to spend the trouble doing it if it's going to have a bunch of driver issues... Hence why I was asking if anyone else has tried other OSes?
     
    Jedis, Jul 17, 2010
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    I have Ubuntu working, its real fast. I like playing with it but nothing more as I cant find all the software I need to actually use it properly.
     
    Riccardo83, Jul 18, 2010
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    How did you get the wireless to work? For me it says that wireless is disabled and I can't seem to enable it. The wireless hotkey doesn't work either.
     
    frazzyfin, Dec 16, 2010
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    I've run both OpenSUSE and Fedora on mine, and I've never had a problem getting wireless to work, and I also have the 5730 and 6250. Though I have to agree with gpig, Windows 7 is pretty awesome. I'm just using Linux to expand my knowledge of it, but it doesn't come close to Win7 for user experience or utility.
     
    seeker_moc, Dec 17, 2010
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