Just in case any users out there have a laptop like mine or similar, I decided to post info about my Linux laptop so they can be assured that blowing away Windows isn’t a bad move.

The following combination works perfectly

Operating System:

  • Ubuntu 6.10 (with Beryl 0.2.1 (AIGLX))

Hardware:

  • Dell Inspiron 2200
  • 1.4G Celeron (my processor doesn’t have speedstep, so I couldn’t tell you about that)
  • 40G, 512M
  • Broadcom 4318 wireless card (with fwcutter method, linked in previous post)
  • Intel 915gm graphics

Daily Use:

  • Rails and PHP development
  • Watching DVDs
  • Listening to music (w/ Amarok)
  • Browsing the web
  • Some graphics stuff with Gimp

I love this computer, now. It’s such a joy :)