Linked by Tyler Bancroft on Wed 18th Feb 2004 20:35 UTC
I considered reviewing Debian for this article. I downloaded a copy of Debian 3.0r2, making sure to get the disk with the 2.4 kernel. Everything you've heard about Debian being difficult to install? It's not totally true, but it's pretty close. I really wanted to try Debian, though, if only to use the vaunted apt-get system. I'd tried apt-rpm on a previous Red Hat installation, and it was great. Since Debian was turning out to be too difficult to put together, I decided to look for a debian-based distro.
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Linux does not play well in general with the more recent higher-end Dell laptops. The network cards aren't always supported out of box, and distros like Knoppix won't work at all, for some reason. That being said, with some work, even something weird like an Inspiron 8600 will run. Except with Knoppix. One particular brand that tends to be well supported is the Toshiba Satellite series. If you go with Dell, just be warned that some of the Dell wireless miniPCI cards aren't supported.