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>Laptops</TITLE
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NAME="LAPTOPS"
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>3. Laptops</H1
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> In general, any laptop will support Linux fine. Some specific
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features (wireless and video especially) may have issues, but these
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should not interfere with basic functionality.
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> Currently, laptops with the
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<A
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HREF="http://www.intel.com/products/centrino/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Intel®
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Centrino™</A
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> logo are the most likely to work perfectly under
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Linux. The Intel PRO/Wireless
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HREF="http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>2100</A
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> and
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HREF="http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/"
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>2200</A
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> 802.11b/g
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wireless cards are supported by drivers released by Intel that are being
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integrated into the stock Linux kernel. Accelerated 3D support for
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the on-board video is provided by the
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<A
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HREF="http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Intel"
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TARGET="_top"
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>DRI project</A
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> and
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is included in recent releases of
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<A
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HREF="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/"
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>X.org</A
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> and
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<A
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>XFree86</A
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>.
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> For more information about Linux and laptops, the following sites are
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good starting points.
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<P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Linux Laptop
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and Notebook Survey</A
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HREF="http://www.linux-laptop.net/"
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> Linux Laptop Homepage</A
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</P
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobile.org/howtos.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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> Linux Mobile Guide - A Guide for Laptops and Mobile Devices</A
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>
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</P
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> Other information related to laptops can be found at the following sites:
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</P
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> <P
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/faith/linux/"
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TARGET="_top"
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> Avanced Power Management</A
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</P
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/power/"
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TARGET="_top"
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> Notebook battery status</A
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</P
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> <A
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HREF="ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/console/noblink-1.7.tar.gz"
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> non-blinking cursor</A
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</P
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/laptops/"
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TARGET="_top"
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> other general info</A
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>3.1. Specific laptops</H2
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><P
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> <P
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> <A
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HREF="http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer/"
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> Compaq Concerto (pen driver)</A
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="http://www.alvestrand.no/linux/aero-faq.html"
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> Compaq Contura Aero</A
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> <A
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HREF="http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/tp-linux/tp-linux.html"
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> IBM ThinkPad</A
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> <A
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HREF="http://mathphys.fsk.uni-heidelberg.de/~mfluch/tp770.html"
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> IBM Thinkpad 770 series</A
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> <A
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HREF="http://www.santafe.edu/~nelson/versa-linux/"
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> NEC Versa M and P</A
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> <A
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HREF="http://www.tadpole.com/support-trdi/plans/linux.html"
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> Tadpole P1000</A
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><LI
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> Tadpole P1000 (another one)
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> <A
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HREF="ftp://ftp.biomath.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/TM4000M-mini-HOWTO.txt.Z"
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> TI TravelMate 4000M</A
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><LI
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> TI TravelMate 5100
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</P
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> <A
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HREF="http://terra.mpikg-teltow.mpg.de/~burger/T400CDT-Linux.html"
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> Toshiba Satellite Pro 400CDT</A
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>3.2. PCMCIA</H2
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> See the <A
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>PCMCIA/Cardbus section</A
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and the <A
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>Linux
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PCMCIA HOWTO</A
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for more information on PCMCIA and Cardbus cards.
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