Hi folks,
Yesterday I took a Ubuntu 9.10 cd in to the Northland Futureshop to
identify sub $1000 laptops with Intel 3i processors that support Linux.
To my chagrin all three Toshiba, Sony and HP laptops I sampled did not
want to boot. No messages or any signs of life after several minutes of
John,
I had a similar issue with the acer laptops. They were both running on a
Intel CPU. I don't know if the CUP model was the same as the one you
mentioned.
Also, I've found that the one 'sub-distro' that seem to work the best
right out of the box with my laptops is the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (
Looks like many folk are having problems with the new i3 chips. This
might help on the black screen problem.
http://www.linlap.com/wiki/toshiba+satellite+pro+u500+-+i3+i5+model
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Thanks for your notes Juan and Lance.
I spoke with Ray at Memory Express SE. He suggested Linux may not
'officially' support i3, i5 & i7 architectures as these use a new
reduced chipset - for eg. integrated graphics and memory controller - no
more fsb northbridge southbridge bus architecture
For whoever is curious, according to this
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1382308
ubuntu 10.04 alpha 3 of Feb 25 fixes key i3 architecture issues such as
graphics, but some apps still freeze, and wireless and other hardware
may not work as expected.
In a few quarters motherboard rev
John Clarke wrote:
> For whoever is curious, according to this
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1382308
>
> ubuntu 10.04 alpha 3 of Feb 25 fixes key i3 architecture issues such as
> graphics, but some apps still freeze, and wireless and other hardware
> may not work as expected.
>
FY
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