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Ganesha Dell Inspiron 6400

20200928 A 2006 laptop with 1GB of memory, a 100GB hard disk, a DVD$\pm$RW Dual Layer burner, a 15.4" screen, and a wireless card. The machine came with MS/Windows XP installed so the machine was originally set up for dual boot (now part of the Debian GNU/Linux install options).

Specifications

From the lspci and lshw commands and /proc/cpuinfo:

Install Date:	2006-04-18
Machine:	Dell Inspiron 6400
CPU:	Intel(R) Pentium(R) T2400 Centrino Duo Processor 1.83GHz
Performance:	BogoMIPS = 3665
Memory:	1GB (2x512MB DDR2 SDRAM)
Disk:	100GB TOSHIBA MK1032GS 2.5"
Wireless:	Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 Dual Band 802.11a/g 54Mbps (iwl3945)
Network:	Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (b44)
Video:	Intel 945GM (i810)
Audio:	(snd-hda-intel)
CD/DVD:	PHILIPS DVD+/-RW SDVD8820, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM
MemoryCard:	Ricoh Secure Digital/MMC card reader (sdhci)
Kernel:	2.6.16-1-686-smp, 2.6.8

Log

20050418	Install Sarge 3.1r2 Debian from a DVD.
20081005	Upgraded to Debian Sid.
20090905	Install Ubuntu 9.04.
20110421	Install Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.1 as FreedomBox bit too early to trial.
20131515	Install Ubuntu 13.10 to become togaware.com.au and then ecosysl.com.
20140500	Upgraded to Ubutnu 14.04 LTS.
20160000	Would shut down after a few minutes.
20201010	Disassemble, clean and resit heatsink.