Setting up Ubuntu Karmic Koala on the Dell Inspiron 1501

As you might have guessed from the site, I (still) work on a Dell Inspiron 1501. It’s a pretty old laptop, I got it in 2006, but it still does its job pretty good, so I don’t see the need to change hardware immediately. It depends on what you want to do, ofcourse. I do some programming, office-stuff, surfing and E-mailing on my laptop, so it suits my needs just fine. (only minor of my laptop that the battery is broken, but well … I just need to have it plugged in constantly)

This is a guide to set up Ubuntu Karmic Koala on the Inspiron 1501. It contains some basic updates I always do when reinstalling Ubuntu (which doesn’t happen too often). I’ll update it regularly.

Basic configuration

Karmic Koala works out of the box for the basic configuration.