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It should work, though you prolly won't have 3d acceleration. The video card doesn't have linux support yet. Almost everything should work, but just in case: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=36991
Distribution: CentOS primarily but I multi-boot my laptop to Ubuntu or Fedora Core 10 as needed
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I'm pretty happy with Fedora Core 4 x86_64 on my zv6015. I can only get the Mesa 3d drivers to work but I'm still fiddling with the ATI drivers when I have the time. Also, the PCMCIA support is problematic and the only way to get the wireless LAN to work appears to be ndiswrapper.
Yes I have everything working except the media drivers using the Beta 2 of Mandriva 2006 the install of the ati rpm was a pain I had to use --force and --nodeps and I had to use ndiswrapper for the wireless card. One word for it SWEEEEEEEET
Hey I installed Mandriva 2006 64 BIT on my zv6000. I can't get the wireless drivers working. I am using ndiswrapper but when I go to install with the GUI it says that the driver can not be installed. I am trying to get the netbc564 driver working.
If i remember correctly ndiswrapper driver install also requires firmware installed to correct location and using latest xp driver before everything works. What module does netbc564 need? Is madwifi available for Mandriva?
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