[SATLUG] Any opinions on the Dell D520?

[twistedpickles]

I have only had great success with Linux on Dell Servers and Laptops.
I pass on the option for MS as it isn't required.

I currently have a D620 and it works great. It has an nvidia graphics
card, broadcom gigabit, and intel 3945 ABG wifi card.

On 3/9/07, Sean Carolan <scarolan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 14:40 -0600, pixelnate wrote:
> > > Anybody heard anything bad (except for the fact that it is Dell) about
> > > the Dell Latitude D520? The prices are pretty good right now, and I am
> > > jonesing to join the laptop crowd. If not the Dell, are there any
> > > recommendations for inexpensive CoreDuo/Core2Duo lappys?
> > > link: *http://tinyurl.com/qrmq6*
>
> Be sure that whatever laptop you settle on, that you research the wifi
> chipset and graphics card carefully.  It's no fun jumping through all
> kinds of hoops just to get your wifi working with wrapper scripts,
> etc.  Personally I'm a fan of the atheros chipset, which is well
> supported with the madwifi drivers.  The bonus there is that you can
> compile your driver to do monitoring and injection modes, which are
> useful for pen testing.
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