Ubuntu on Dell Latitude E5420m
The Dell Latitude E5420m laptop has been awarded the status of Certified for Ubuntu.
Please note that for pre-installed systems:
- The system is available in some regions with a special image of Ubuntu pre-installed by the manufacturer. It takes advantage of the hardware features for this system and may include additional software. You should check when buying the system whether this is an option.
- Standard images of Ubuntu may not work at all on the system or may not work well, though Canonical and computer manufacturers will try to certify the system with future standard releases of Ubuntu.
Releases
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit
Certification notes
- Wireless Driver
- Broadcom's STA Wireless Driver is required for Wireless to function properly. This Driver is available via jockey-gtk.
Hardware overview
This system was tested with these key components:
- Processor
- Intel Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 925 @ 2.30GHz
- Video
- Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
- Video
- Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller
- Network
- Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
- Network
- Broadcom Corporation BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n
- Storage
- None TOSHIBA MK2565GSX

Available from ubuntu.com
Pre-installed by manufacturer