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07-04-2005
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100% of reviewers
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$900.00
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9.0
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Description:
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I've managed to get this laptop to work successfully with many distributions, and I'm currently posting this from it via an ethernet connection to my router! I have used SUSE 9.1 Professional, Fedora Core 2 & 3, Knoppix, and Ubuntu on this laptop and they have all worked smoothly. I had some trouble configuring my cd drive in Fedora Core, but then again, I think that Fedora is a load of ****. :D
* Known to work: Video card, sound card, ethernet, USB, all other ports, CD-RW/DVD drive, PCMCIA, etc...
* Untried: Modem, inbuilt network card (mine is broken!).
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Keywords:
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Compaq Presario Laptop Linux Compatible
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/sbin/lspci output:
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jk9@ubuntu:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 80)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 42)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:09.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8636A [ProSavage KN133] AGP4X VGA Controller (TwisterK) (rev 01)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 11)
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07-04-2005, 04:13 PM
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#1
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Registered: Nov 2004
Distribution: Slackware 11, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Posts: 700
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $900.00 | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.10-5-386
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Ubuntu
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Everything worked pretty darn well, except that I can't try out the inbuilt ethernet card (because it's broken). I haven't tried the modem either, so I'm not too sure about that, but everything else from the sound right down to the USB ports all work!
J_K9
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