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17.5 Notebooks

17.5 Notebooks

It is difficult to balance Linux compatibility with the latest features on notebook computers. The most common problems with notebooks are built-in video chipsets that XFree86 does not support. Other components that tend to lack drivers are modems, Ethernet interfaces, sound cards, and CD-ROM drives.

The online community is a good place to look for information on Linux notebook compatibility. The http://www.tuxmobile.org/ site is a clearing-house of links to people who are running Linux on nearly all common notebook models. However, these pages are often out of date, and the driver configuration or bug fixes described may not be necessary with current Linux drivers.




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How Linux Works - What Every Super-User Should Know
Chapter 1: The Basics
Chapter 2: Devices, Disks, Filesystems, and the Kernel
Chapter 3: How Linux Boots
Chapter 4: Essential System Files, Servers, and Utilities
Chapter 5: Configuring Your Network
Chapter 6: Network Services
Chapter 7: Introduction to Shell Scripts
Chapter 8: Development Tools
Chapter 9: Compiling Software From Source Code
Chapter 10: Maintaining the Kernel
Chapter 11: Configuring and Manipulating Peripheral Devices
Chapter 12: Printing
Chapter 13: Backups
Chapter 14: Sharing Files with Samba
Chapter 15: Network File Transfer
Chapter 16: User Environments
Chapter 17: Buying Hardware for Linux
17.1 Core Components
17.2 Other Hardware Components
17.3 A Word About Hardware Upgrades
17.4 Saving Money
17.5 Notebooks
17.6 Smaller Designs
Chapter 18: Further Directions
Appendix A: Command Classification
Bibliography
List of Figures
List of Tables
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