Dell Optflex 990DT does it work with Linux/Ubuntu ?

[keevill]

I have recently bought 2 Dell Optiflex 390 which has the H61 Express Chipset. I was unable to get Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.01 to install and when I contacted Dell, they said that this chipset was not compatible with Linux/Ubuntu.

The took the machines back and now have offered the Optiflex 990DT which runs on the Q67 Express Chipset.
They say that they cannot guarantee that Ubuntu will work on it and say that they won't exchange if it doesn't.
( This is Dell Thailand )

Does anyone know if this chipset will work ?
-keevill-

[Rubberman]

Do you really need a Dell? I've run Linux happily on a number of desktop and laptop systems, but some of these new ones use a hybrid Intel/nVidia graphics chip set that doesn't play nice with Linux.

[keevill]

Do you really need a Dell? I've run Linux happily on a number of desktop and laptop systems, but some of these new ones use a hybrid Intel/nVidia graphics chip set that doesn't play nice with Linux.

That's the question I have been asking myself but the build quality of the Dell seems to work better for my users and to be honest, I've had no problems before installing Linux onto Dell.
You say that the hybrid graphics chip may cause problems but would that cause the install to fail totally ? I mean not even get to the stage of putting in the name of the machine etc?
-keevill-

[Rubberman]

Does a Live Linux CD/DVD work on these systems? If not, then I think you are out of luck. Remember, Dell (or Intel or whoever) provides whatever drivers are necessary to run Windows on these systems. Some of the more recent/esoteric chip sets may not be so well supported by Linux, simply because the drivers have not yet been written for them.