On 14/07/22, Brian Barber wrote: > Good afternoon, everyone. I have an older, not-exactly stock Dell Inspiron > 1501 (AMD 64-bit CPU, 4G RAM and a 120G SSD) that I want to use for general > purpose computing and for ingesting a bunch of video from older VHS and > MiniDV tapes. I have a USB RCA adapter and a FireWire PCExpress card to > help with this. > > Believe it or not, I cannot successfully install Ubuntu (various > versions) on it. It not only does not recognize the Broadcom wifi adapter, > it has some deep-seated hatred of it. I get kernel panics whenever the OS > tries to load modules for it, and I have made numerous attempts to fix this > with no joy. Google inspiron 1501linux wireless and see that I'm not alone > (and I'm a pretty seasoned Linux guy.) I must have tried everything > suggested in the first five pages of search results. I'd try Debian Jessie. I gave up on Ubuntu around 10.x due to problems installing on a couple of desktops. I've also been using Mint Debian a bit recently, but it won't do disk encryption on install. I'm currently running Debian Wheezy on one pair of laptops and Fedora 20 on my work laptop. > Is there anyone on the list who can suggest a good disto to try anew. I > have used Debian-based distros for a loooong time, but I am wide open to > trying anything Debian-based, or not. The laptop is bare metal now. > Perhaps there is something nifty out there that is worth a shot. BTW, I > would rather not go the Slackware/Gentoo BIY route. > > Thanks, > Brian slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.net> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________