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>Requirements</TITLE
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>Linux on the Road: </TH
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>Chapter 2. Laptop Distributions</TD
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NAME="mobile-guide-p1c2s1-requirements"
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>2.1. Requirements</H1
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><P
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> From the
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<A
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HREF="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Battery-Powered/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Battery-Powered-HOWTO</A
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>
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I got this recommendation (modified by WH):
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</P
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><P
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> A Message to Linux Distributors:
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If you happen to be a Linux distributor, thank you for reading all this.
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Laptops are becoming more and more popular, but still most Linux
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distributions are not very well prepared for portable computing. Please
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make this section of this document obsolete, and make a few changes in
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your distribution.
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</P
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><P
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> The installation routine should include a configuration, optimized for
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laptops. The <EM
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>minimal install</EM
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> is often not lean
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enough. There are a lot of things that a laptop user does not need on
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the road. Just a few examples. There is no need for three different
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versions of <B
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CLASS="command"
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>vi</B
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>. Some portable systems do not
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need printing support.
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</P
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><P
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> Don't forget to describe <EM
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>laptop-specific installation
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problems</EM
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>, e. g. how to install your distribution without a
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CD/DVD-ROM drive.
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</P
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><P
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> Add better <EM
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>power management</EM
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> and seamless
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<EM
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><SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PCMCIA</SPAN
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> support</EM
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> to your
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distribution. Add a recompiled kernel and an alternative set of
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<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PCMCIA</SPAN
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> drivers with <EM
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>apm support</EM
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>
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that the user can install on demand. Include a precompiled
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<EM
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>apmd package</EM
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> with your distribution. Also include
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<SPAN
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CLASS="trademark"
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>IrDA</SPAN
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>® infrared support and
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<SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>USB</SPAN
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> support.
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</P
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><P
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> Add support for dynamically <EM
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>switching network
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configurations</EM
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>. Most Linux laptops travel between locations
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with different network settings (e. g. the network at home, the network
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at the office and the network at the university) and have to change the
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network ID very often.
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</P
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><P
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> Add a <EM
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>convenient PPP dialer</EM
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> with an address book,
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that does not try to start multiple copies of the PPP daemon if you click
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on the button twice (e.g., the RedHat <B
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CLASS="command"
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>usernet</B
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> tool).
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It would be nice to have the PPP dialer also display the connection speed
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and some statistics. One nice command line dialer that autodetects modems
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and PPP services is <B
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CLASS="command"
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>wvdial</B
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> from
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<A
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HREF="http://open.nit.ca/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>OpenSourceInNitix</A
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>.
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</P
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><P
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> At TuxMobil you may find a huge number of links to
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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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>laptop and notebook Linux installation reports</A
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>.
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They are ordered by manufacturer and Linux distribution. Special categories
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are available for:
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<P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/debian_linux.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Debian</A
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>,
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/gentoo_mobile.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Gentoo</A
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>,
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/distribution_linux_laptop_redhat.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>RedHat</A
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>,
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/distribution_linux_laptop_suse.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>SuSE</A
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>,
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/distribution_linux_laptop_ubuntu.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Ubuntu</A
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>,
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/distribution_linux_laptop_slackware.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>SlackWare</A
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>,
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/distribution_linux_laptop_mandrake.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Mandrake (Mandriva)</A
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>,
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/mobile_minix.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Minix</A
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>
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and
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/mobile_bsd.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>different kinds of BSD flavors</A
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>.
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</P
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>
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Some resources are available in
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<A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/lang.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>different languages</A
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>, e.g.
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<P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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> in German <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.de/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>TuxMobil(DE): Linux on Mobile Computers</A
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> in Russian <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.ru/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>TuxMobil(RU): Linux on Mobile Computers</A
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</P
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></LI
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> and in Chinese <A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.cn/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>TuxMobil(CN): Linux on Mobile Computers</A
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</P
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