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This is a laptop based on the SiS 630 Chipset. I've seen alot of other laptops based on the exact same chipset, and I guess they'll work as well.
The Targa versions are all equipped with desktop CPUs, so battery time is rather limited.
Should you install a rather old Linux distribution, you may encounter problems getting any output at all using XFree86. The problem was solved about 2 years ago by Thomas Winischhofer (http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsisvga.shtml). Recent versions of XFree86 uses his updated driver. Even hardware accelerated 3D works (however, the graphics hardware is way to slooow to actually be of any use).
If you want to use the onboard modem, the driver is located here ftp://ftp.smlink.com/Update/linux/. I've never tested this driver personally, as I've never had any use for it. There are however reports that the modem works without any problems using that driver.
The remaining hardware (not mentioned above) are all supported in Linux.
For the network adaptor, use the sis900 module, for audio use the snd-trident (alsa) or trident (OSS) module.
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Targa Xtender 400 SiS 630
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630 Host (rev 31)
00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge)
00:01.1 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 82)
00:01.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07)
00:01.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 07)
00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02)
00:01.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:03.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6812 Cardbus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 630/730 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 31)
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