On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Is anyone running SL 7 on a Dell Latitude E6540?  My institution is
> considering this unit over the equivalent HP unit, to replace the five year
> old laptop that I currently use, because of the net lower cost of the Dell.
> Dell claims that it will run Linux Ubuntu 12.04 -- but I do not know if this
> enthusiast Ubuntu has more "secure boot", etc., capabilities than SL7x.
>
> Any information, on or off list, greatly would be appreciated.
>
> Yasha Karant

I'm afraid I don't have one in hand myself. Have you considered
burning a live CD or USB bootable image, visiting a computer store or
someone in your IT group who has one, and taking a test drive with it
with their permission? Laptop support for Linux can sometimes be
tricky as vendors use slightly cheaper, newer chip sets that no one in
th eLinux world has had a chance to test with, but I find that
technique very useful to ensure basic bootability and X windows
operation and peripheral operation.