I have used Dell Studio 17 and it worked great for Ubuntu which is the only somewhat support version of non-server Linux they provide.

Ubuntu being a debian derivative you may have good luck (YMMV).

My current Dell is a M1730 XPS and it has been great for me and I do love the blue beast (pet name).

Later,
Brian

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
My Dell Latitude just died...a subject for a different post. I just received an advertisement from Dell for a Studio 1555 on sale for $699 (Windows 7). The Dell sales rep said it is also Linux compatible. I want to install Debian testing on it.  It has a dual core 64 bit processor. I have never had a 64 bit processor pc before.

Are 32 bit Debian packages/apps compatible with this processor?

Are most Debian packages 64 bit today, or just a subset? Large, small subset? Growing?

Is there a way to re-install the windows 7 as a virtual os or am I stuck with a dual boot situation?

Finally, has anyone every used this beast, or other 15" Dell Studio laptops? Do you like it? Hate it? Why?

Thanks!

Mark
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