Forum: Laptops / Netbooks / Minibooks

I bought an HP Pavilion dv6 5 months ago and I installed Fedora 14. Very nice integration with Linux, but the fan seemed to be a problem because it...

I have just installed gentoo 3.0.0 kernel on an ASUS N73SV laptop. Most things are working - X.org, sound, etc. However, I'd like to get the media...

Hi! I've installed Slackware 13.37 in an old Asus laptop but I'm experiencing some problems.... I have Gnome 3 and it is fast and works...

I have an Acer Aspire one netbook D255E. A friend of mine installed Linux on it, partitioned 50/50 with Windows 7 Starter. Yesterday when I tried to...

Hi all, im a total noob in linux and i just installed kubuntu 11.04 the problem is i gave no sound what so ever. any ideas?

Hey guys i have a notebook and the battery i know for a fact its life is over... It wont charge and it wont provide energy to my laptop... The...

Hi, I am purchasing a Macbook Pro 8,3 soon (the 2011 17 inch Macbook Pro) and I am wondering if it would be possible to run Linux well on it. I am...

Just a quickie, I am looking to buy a new laptop, in the £300 range but as there are a proliferation of wiFi chipstes I am unsure of which one to...

We have 2 Toshiba N210s, NB205 and NB325. Both have the same problem with distros as delivered: disk activity during boot will not proceed unless a...

Can anyone help? I have a Samsung N130 netbook which has Windows XP installed. I want to install Linux but have not had much luck finding a distro...

Hi, right now on windows 7, I get 5 to 6 hours of battery life. But on Ubuntu 10.10 (with Unity 2D or whatever it's called) and Fedora 13, I only...

I cannot remove this icon, nor access the internet. I assume this to be some form of malware? I have CCleaner and other malware tools on a usb stick,...

Hi All, I am planning to buy a new laptop. I have been using linux on my old PC (p4 cpu) for couple of years. Had some bad exprience with...

I just bought a used Sony 7" netbook to play with. It comes with Win CE 6.0, but I would like to switch to a linux distro. I am having problems...

Hi, I recently installed Linux Mint 10 on my laptop well my mate did but never mind that basically an Ethernet works but WiFi doesn't which is what I...

Hi I'm using Dell inspiron laptop, and my distro is Fedora 15(32 bit) Gnome 3. I use to set my screen brightness to less amount whenever i log...

Hi! A couple of days ago my laptops screen broke. I believe I was playing minecraft on debian when the screen started glitching. I shut down the...

Greetings, all; I have a problem with the keyboard on my Dell Inspiron 8200 (yeah, I know, but I can't replace it until cash flow becomes positive...

Which distribution of linux do you have on your netbooks and why? I have HP Mini 5103 (Intel Atom N550, 2 GB RAM) and I am looking for a...

I recently installed ubuntu 10.10 on my hp mini but i'm running into difiulties gettin g internet access since the hp mini does not have any jacks...