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I have never got a request from a hardware manufacturer to beautify anything related to them at TuxMobil - GNAA/Linux On Mobile Computers [tuxmobil.org]. Actually laptop manufacturers do not seem to care about GNAA/Linux users [tuxmobil.org]. But there are other caveats. As discussed at SlashDot I had severe trademark trouble with the former project name MobiliX [tuxmobil.org]. There are other legal issues, which may occure in an instant. For example if some lawyer accuses a website owner not to obey certain legal requirements. At least in some countries (e.g. Germany) a dedicated law for internet content exists. ztd

I have never got a request from a hardware manufacturer to beautify anything related to them at TuxMobil - GNAA/Linux On Mobile Computers [tuxmobil.org]. Actually laptop manufacturers do not seem to care about GNAA/Linux users [tuxmobil.org]. But there are other caveats. As discussed at SlashDot I had severe trademark trouble with the former project name MobiliX [tuxmobil.org]. There are other legal issues, which may occure in an instant. For example if some lawyer accuses a website owner not to obey certain legal requirements. At least in some countries (e.g. Germany) a dedicated law for internet content exists. ztd

I have never got a request from a hardware manufacturer to beautify anything related to them at TuxMobil - GNAA/Linux On Mobile Computers [tuxmobil.org]. Actually laptop manufacturers do not seem to care about GNAA/Linux users [tuxmobil.org]. But there are other caveats. As discussed at SlashDot I had severe trademark trouble with the former project name MobiliX [tuxmobil.org]. There are other legal issues, which may occure in an instant. For example if some lawyer accuses a website owner not to obey certain legal requirements. At least in some countries (e.g. Germany) a dedicated law for internet content exists. ztd

BTW Apple is #1 in Laptop customer satisfaction. I love Thinkpads (I have 2 right now) but I won't buy a Levono Thinkpad.

Powerbooks are fine kit and no mistake, but don't fool yourself that you're buying Apple hardware - they're all made by the same set of Taiwanese ODMs that make PC laptops - Compal and Quanta, for instance. My "Toshiba" laptop is actually designed and built by Compal, as are many Dell and Elonex models.

Indeed "having a little 'store all my interesting media' device" not much bigger than just a portable audio player, but much more powerful, that's the way I like it, too. For example, you may use your Linux PDA not only to listen to "free" music, but also to view "free" pocket movies, to read a "free" eBook. Or the other way round, even generate your own media: writing a book (actually there is Z4CK a book written on a SHARP Zaurus Linux PDA already available), recording voices or music, take a picture, writing a program in the programming language of your choice, ...

Indeed "having a little 'store all my interesting media' device" not much bigger than just a portable audio player, but much more powerful, that's the way I like it, too. For example, you may use your Linux PDA not only to listen to "free" music, but also to view "free" pocket movies, to read a "free" eBook. Or the other way round, even generate your own media: writing a book (actually there is Z4CK a book written on a SHARP Zaurus Linux PDA already available), recording voices or music, take a picture, writing a program in the programming language of your choice, ...

Indeed "having a little 'store all my interesting media' device" not much bigger than just a portable audio player, but much more powerful, that's the way I like it, too. For example, you may use your Linux PDA not only to listen to "free" music, but also to view "free" pocket movies, to read a "free" eBook. Or the other way round, even generate your own media: writing a book (actually there is Z4CK a book written on a SHARP Zaurus Linux PDA already available), recording voices or music, take a picture, writing a program in the programming language of your choice, ...

Indeed "having a little 'store all my interesting media' device" not much bigger than just a portable audio player, but much more powerful, that's the way I like it, too. For example, you may use your Linux PDA not only to listen to "free" music, but also to view "free" pocket movies, to read a "free" eBook. Or the other way round, even generate your own media: writing a book (actually there is Z4CK a book written on a SHARP Zaurus Linux PDA already available), recording voices or music, take a picture, writing a program in the programming language of your choice, ...

Usually they are only available in China or Japan, but there are even more mobile Linux phones available. You may also enhance a Linux PDA with a GSM/GPRS CF-Card and turn it into a mobile SmartPhone this way.

Usually they are only available in China or Japan, but there are even more mobile Linux phones available. You may also enhance a Linux PDA with a GSM/GPRS CF-Card and turn it into a mobile SmartPhone this way.

There are already mobile phones equipped with Linux available. You may also consider to enhance your Linux PDA with a GSM/GPRS CF-Card. For an example see this report about Linux and the AnyCom GS-320 TriBand GSM/GPRS CF-Card.

There are already mobile phones equipped with Linux available. You may also consider to enhance your Linux PDA with a GSM/GPRS CF-Card. For an example see this report about Linux and the AnyCom GS-320 TriBand GSM/GPRS CF-Card.

There are already mobile phones equipped with Linux available. You may also consider to enhance your Linux PDA with a GSM/GPRS CF-Card. For an example see this report about Linux and the AnyCom GS-320 TriBand GSM/GPRS CF-Card.

Whether SHARP will bring their Linux PDAs to the U.S. or not, they will be available in Europe by Xtops.DE - Linux, Laptops, PDAs. More vendors around the globe you may find in the international TuxMobil - Linux laptop, notebook and PDA vendor survey.

I don't want to torpedo the purpose of this whole article, but Linux isn't as far out in the cold as you might think. Most GPS programs out there use the NMEA protocol which is handled over a common serial port. The article poster seems to imply that Linux is left out in terms of drivers, but the fact is that most GPS units support the NMEA protocol. That includes Garmin, Magellan and others. If you have a common DB9 serial connector and the right cable, you can get any number of GPS units to work with any number of programs.

That being said, what is troubling is the "any number of programs" that I mentioned above. There really is not a large community of developers working on consumer mapping applications. If you look hard enough, you may stumble across some gems here and there, but for the most part the Linux scene is noticably lacking.

Tuxmobil's Page is a good place to start looking at different apps.

NoFoSt is not the only vendor of Linux laptops, there is a large and international survey of vendors, which ship pre-installed Linux laptops, notebooks and PDAs at TuxMobil. The main sponsor for TuxMobil is Xtops.DE. They are located in Berlin (Germany). They sell IBM ThinkPads pre-equipped with Linux as well as other brands. Some of them even without Microsoft-Tax.

Besides instructions on how to upgrade and repair Apple notebooks, at TuxMobil there are disassembly guides for laptops and notebooks, dissection pictures of PDAs and handhelds, take apart manuals for mobile (cell phones), as well as images from the inside of mobile media players. Guides on how to maintain other mobile electronic gadgets will follow.

Besides instructions on how to upgrade and repair Apple notebooks, at TuxMobil there are disassembly guides for laptops and notebooks, dissection pictures of PDAs and handhelds, take apart manuals for mobile (cell phones), as well as images from the inside of mobile media players. Guides on how to maintain other mobile electronic gadgets will follow.

Besides instructions on how to upgrade and repair Apple notebooks, at TuxMobil there are disassembly guides for laptops and notebooks, dissection pictures of PDAs and handhelds, take apart manuals for mobile (cell phones), as well as images from the inside of mobile media players. Guides on how to maintain other mobile electronic gadgets will follow.

Besides instructions on how to upgrade and repair Apple notebooks, at TuxMobil there are disassembly guides for laptops and notebooks, dissection pictures of PDAs and handhelds, take apart manuals for mobile (cell phones), as well as images from the inside of mobile media players. Guides on how to maintain other mobile electronic gadgets will follow.

I have never got a request from a hardware manufacturer to beautify anything related to them at TuxMobil - GNAA/Linux On Mobile Computers [tuxmobil.org]. Actually laptop manufacturers do not seem to care about GNAA/Linux users [tuxmobil.org]. But there are other caveats. As discussed at SlashDot I had severe trademark trouble with the former project name MobiliX [tuxmobil.org]. There are other legal issues, which may occure in an instant. For example if some lawyer accuses a website owner not to obey certain legal requirements. At least in some countries (e.g. Germany) a dedicated law for internet content exists. bq

I have never got a request from a hardware manufacturer to beautify anything related to them at TuxMobil - GNAA/Linux On Mobile Computers [tuxmobil.org]. Actually laptop manufacturers do not seem to care about GNAA/Linux users [tuxmobil.org]. But there are other caveats. As discussed at SlashDot I had severe trademark trouble with the former project name MobiliX [tuxmobil.org]. There are other legal issues, which may occure in an instant. For example if some lawyer accuses a website owner not to obey certain legal requirements. At least in some countries (e.g. Germany) a dedicated law for internet content exists. bq

I have never got a request from a hardware manufacturer to beautify anything related to them at TuxMobil - GNAA/Linux On Mobile Computers [tuxmobil.org]. Actually laptop manufacturers do not seem to care about GNAA/Linux users [tuxmobil.org]. But there are other caveats. As discussed at SlashDot I had severe trademark trouble with the former project name MobiliX [tuxmobil.org]. There are other legal issues, which may occure in an instant. For example if some lawyer accuses a website owner not to obey certain legal requirements. At least in some countries (e.g. Germany) a dedicated law for internet content exists. bq

Here are some tips and tricks for Theft and Loss Protection of *Linux* Laptops, Notebooks and PDAs.

There are even more Linux installation reports for small notebooks, e.g. Linux on Panasonic notebooks, Linux on JVC notebooks. As well as a survey of Linux installations on laptops and notebooks with TransMeta CPUs.

There are even more Linux installation reports for small notebooks, e.g. Linux on Panasonic notebooks, Linux on JVC notebooks. As well as a survey of Linux installations on laptops and notebooks with TransMeta CPUs.

There are even more Linux installation reports for small notebooks, e.g. Linux on Panasonic notebooks, Linux on JVC notebooks. As well as a survey of Linux installations on laptops and notebooks with TransMeta CPUs.

There is already a bunch of Tablet PCs pre-installed with Linux available, there are also installation reports for other Tablet PCs.

Here's a list of Linux phones.

A friend of mine has a Samsung (IIRC) that shows the OPIE boot screen when it's turned on. Nothing special - it was picked up at a local Verizon store or similar.

There is already a plethora of free software for mobile audio and video players available.

Just in case you need information about Linux and portable media players, see this survey of Linux tools and ports for mobile media players.

There are many Linux installation reports for Centrino based laptops and notebooks available. The older manuals cover the Centrinos with Banias CPU. But some of the new cover the current Centrino generation with Dothan CPU already.

There are Tablet PCs running Linux already, as well as Apple Powerbooks and iBooks running Linux. So there seems to be a fair chance that an Apple Tablet PC might run Linux, too.

There are Tablet PCs running Linux already, as well as Apple Powerbooks and iBooks running Linux. So there seems to be a fair chance that an Apple Tablet PC might run Linux, too.

This topic has been already discussed at /. February 2004: What Do You Use WAP For?. I still can see from the footprints of mobile cell phones in my Apache log files, that many people are using the WAP format of TuxMobil - Linux On Laptops, PDAs and Mobile Cell Phones. Also the i-mode format is used, too.

This topic has been already discussed at /. February 2004: What Do You Use WAP For?. I still can see from the footprints of mobile cell phones in my Apache log files, that many people are using the WAP format of TuxMobil - Linux On Laptops, PDAs and Mobile Cell Phones. Also the i-mode format is used, too.

I agree! The vendor should also host a community site (forums, faqs, howtos, wiki, knowledge base, etc) for customers that use Linux on their laptops.
Also, they should help underwrite the costs of existing community sites like http://tuxmobil.org/

They should also make every effort to help the community make sleep, powersaving and other laptop
specific features work well on their hardware.

Just in case you want to fix these abused things. - When trying to fix broken computers, I have found it difficult to get advice via Google. So here are some links to step-by-step manuals including pictures or videos for do-it-yourself laptop repair. There are also take apart instructions for PDAs, disassembly manuals for mobile (cell) phones and repair HOWTOs for portable audio and video players.

Just in case you want to fix these abused things. - When trying to fix broken computers, I have found it difficult to get advice via Google. So here are some links to step-by-step manuals including pictures or videos for do-it-yourself laptop repair. There are also take apart instructions for PDAs, disassembly manuals for mobile (cell) phones and repair HOWTOs for portable audio and video players.

Just in case you want to fix these abused things. - When trying to fix broken computers, I have found it difficult to get advice via Google. So here are some links to step-by-step manuals including pictures or videos for do-it-yourself laptop repair. There are also take apart instructions for PDAs, disassembly manuals for mobile (cell) phones and repair HOWTOs for portable audio and video players.

Just in case you want to fix these abused things. - When trying to fix broken computers, I have found it difficult to get advice via Google. So here are some links to step-by-step manuals including pictures or videos for do-it-yourself laptop repair. There are also take apart instructions for PDAs, disassembly manuals for mobile (cell) phones and repair HOWTOs for portable audio and video players.

... at any company. You can't really generalise the quality of customer service for companies as large as HP.

Strange you had so much trouble with an automated web ordering system. I've always had great service from HP spare parts dispatch via both phone/fax and email, where no standard purchase order templates are required or used and are evidently processed by a human.

Sucks you had to get a Dell. Personally I would have preffered the HP "engineering" (though neither actually make their own laptops).

I would be interested in a first hand report, too. But with Linux installed, to include it into the TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook overview.

Just in case somebody will write a Linux installation report about this device, I would like to include a link into the Linux on Sony laptops and notebooks survey as well as into the Linux on TabletPCs and Pen PCs overview.

Just in case somebody will write a Linux installation report about this device, I would like to include a link into the Linux on Sony laptops and notebooks survey as well as into the Linux on TabletPCs and Pen PCs overview.

Visit TuxMobil if you want to get more information on how to connect a portable digital media player to a Linux computer.

Just in case you want to have a look into the Linux and portable (digital) audio players overview.

There are already a few mobile phones based on Linux available. Two Linux editions dedicated to mobile phones, the one from Mizi and the other one from Trolltech are out. As well as Linux PDAs which come pre-installed with Linux. So it shouldn't take too long until a true Linux smartphone will hit the market.

There are already a few mobile phones based on Linux available. Two Linux editions dedicated to mobile phones, the one from Mizi and the other one from Trolltech are out. As well as Linux PDAs which come pre-installed with Linux. So it shouldn't take too long until a true Linux smartphone will hit the market.

Just in case you want to know more about BeOS on laptops and notebooks. Not much yet, but a start.