This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which drivers you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required drivers have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.

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Introduction

This is a guide to running Linux with the Dell Latitude D810 laptop. In the Latitude D810, Dell has provided a notebook with higher end specifications. Also Linux work very well with the D810 making this laptop a good choice.

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Specifications

Name	Dell Latitude D810
Processor	Intel Pentium-M 2.13GHz
Screen	15.4" WSXGA+
RAM	1GB
HDD	60GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	ATI Mobility Radeon x600
Network	10/100/1000 Ethernet, Intel 2200 802.11g Wireless
Other	4 x USB2.0

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes
Screen	Yes
HDD	Yes
Optical Drive	Yes
Graphics	Yes
Sound	Yes	Use the snd-intel8x0 driver
Ethernet	Yes
Wireless	Yes	Use the ipw2200 driver
56K Modem	Not Tested
USB	Yes
Firewire	Not Tested
SD Card Reader	Not Tested
PCMCIA	Not Tested

Notes

For the ATI Mobility Radeon x600 built into the D810 notebook you can run either the open source radeon or ATI's proprietary fglrx driver. 3D support requires the fglrx driver which you can view installation instructions for here.

Related Resources

Preparing your laptop for Linux
Configuring an ATI graphics chip
Increasing battery life

Summary

Like many Dell laptop, the Latitude D810 work very well with Linux. Installation was simple with all hardware correctly detected and configured.


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