LXer: Xandros Linux conquers a hostile Sony laptop

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LXer: Xandros Linux conquers a hostile Sony laptop

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11-27-2006, 05:54 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,339 Rep:	LXer: Xandros Linux conquers a hostile Sony laptop Published at LXer: I have an impressive talent for buying laptop computers hostile to Linux. Right now I'm using a Sony Vaio VGN-FS840/W, with more proprietary drivers than you can shake a stick at. It's so bad that even a retail edition of Windows XP won't run on it; you need the OEM Windows (and sure enough, Sony is too cheap to include the CD), or you need to go to the Sony support site, download all of the drivers, and make your own supplement CD. Read More...

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