kojack Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I have my old dell 5368 2 in 1 and I am thinking about repairing the screen and firing it up to test linux distros. I will install 16gb of ram and a 512gb ssd back into it. I want to play with linux and all that free software. But I don't want to use my main systems. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron44126 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I have no experience with that particular model, but I think it should work fine if you want to use it as a laptop. Most Dell laptops support Linux just fine "out of the box", with the only troublesome thing being less common components like a fingerprint reader. Thus, I'm not sure how the touchscreen would behave on Linux — you'll have to try it and see, or if you don't care to use it, just ignore it. 1 Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2023 (personal) • Dell Precision 7560 (work) • Full specs in spoiler block below Info posts (Dell) — Dell Precision key posts • Dell driver RSS feeds • Dell Fan Management — override fan behavior Info posts (Windows) — Turbo boost toggle • The problem with Windows 11 • About Windows 10 LTSC Spoiler Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2023 (personal) M2 Max 4 efficiency cores 8 performance cores 38-core Apple GPU 96GB LPDDR5-6400 8TB SSD macOS 13 "Ventura" 16.2" 3456×2234 120 Hz mini-LED VRR display Wi-Fi 6E 99.6Wh battery 1080p webcam Fingerprint reader Dell Precision 7560 (work) Intel Xeon W-11955M ("Tiger Lake") 8×2.6 GHz base, 5.0 GHz turbo, hyperthreading ("Willow Cove") 64GB DDR4-3200 ECC NVIDIA RTX A2000 4GB Storage: 512GB system drive (Micron 2300) 4TB additional storage (Sabrent Rocket Q4) Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 15.6" 3940×2160 IPS display Intel Wi-Fi AX210 (Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth) 95Wh battery IR webcam Fingerprint reader Previous Dell Precision 7530, 7510, M4800, M6700 Dell Latitude E6520 Dell Inspiron 1720, 5150 Dell Latitude CPi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojack Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Perfect. It's not a Pentium core processor, it's something else. I cannot remember what it is right now, but I will get the new monitor and fire it up. I just want to use it to fool around with open source software to see what can be done with it. Workstation - Dell XPS 8940 - desktop creative powerhouse Mobile Workstation - Dell inspiron 5406 2 in 1 - mobile creative beast Wifey's Notebook - Dell inspiron 3169 - Little gem for our businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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