Toshiba laptop and Ubuntu

[Net Llama!]

The Qosmio's are a strange breed.  The 'instant on' DVD player on those
things is actually running an embedded linux kernel.  However, I've gotten
reports from some folks that running a real distro tends to be a bit of an
adventure, especially if you're using the nvidia X driver.

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Faria, Sydney C wrote:
> I have a Qosmio Toshiba laptop and have toyed with the idea of installing
> Linux on my machine so your results are very encouraging.  My Linux install
> of choice would be Fedora Core 5 and completely eliminate MS XP (eXtremely
> Poor) altogether. If anyone has feedback on this please provide feedback.
> El Cid
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org
> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org]On Behalf Of Collins Richey
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 8:09 PM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: Toshiba laptop and Ubuntu
>
>
> On 6/12/06, Mike McKinlay <mikemckinlay at cox.net> wrote:
> > Folks:
> > I'm laid up after knee surgery and got bored, so I decided to install
> > Linux (Ubuntu 6.06)on my old Toshiba satellite model A45-150. Always
> > hated having winblows and the Toshiba proprietary stuff on it. Much to
> > my surprise it installed faster and easier then winblows and works much
> > better too. Everything I've checked works great, sound, wireless nic,
> > battery management. Didn't have to tweak anything yet. Well I'm going to
> > play with and see if I can break anything. ;^) Will report anything of
> > interest as it comes up.
>
> I'm glad you had a pleasant experience. My total experience with 6.06
> (and it's development predecessors) on desktop and laptop has been "it
> just plain works" except for CUPS (that's all too frequently a POS on
> any distro).
>
>

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