Dell Vostro 3550 Driver Question
by Iankahn from LinuxQuestions.org on (#52ZTJ)
Greetings! I have a very old (8-9 years old) Dell Vostro 3550 laptop. It currently has Windows 7 on it. Since that OS is no longer supported, I want to put Linux on it, to use as my portable amateur radio computer. However, I'm concerned about finding proper drivers for all the Dell "proprietary" hardware.
Yesterday, I checked the Dell web site, as well as a couple of the other Linux forums. Dell only has Windows drivers for this computer, and only up to Windows 8. I didn't have any luck on the other Linux forums, either.
Is anyone aware of any place I might find Linux drivers for this computer? I'm afraid my research may have given me the answer to the question (I'm SOL), but I thought I'd take one last stab and try here before resigning myself to actually having to go buy another laptop.
Thanks everyone, in advance, for your help.
Ian Kahn
Linux Newbie
Roswell, GA
Yesterday, I checked the Dell web site, as well as a couple of the other Linux forums. Dell only has Windows drivers for this computer, and only up to Windows 8. I didn't have any luck on the other Linux forums, either.
Is anyone aware of any place I might find Linux drivers for this computer? I'm afraid my research may have given me the answer to the question (I'm SOL), but I thought I'd take one last stab and try here before resigning myself to actually having to go buy another laptop.
Thanks everyone, in advance, for your help.
Ian Kahn
Linux Newbie
Roswell, GA