Xubuntu 7.10 on a T21

[Harryc]

In case anyone wants to try running it, I have Xubuntu 7.10 running very well on a T21 with ACPI working. (512MB RAM, 1GHz CPU). The only workaround needed was to add;

Option "BusType" "PCI"

to the "Device" section in xorg.conf as described in this bug report. -
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xs ... +bug/33617

Here's a screenshot -

http://mysite.verizon.net/hjc56/snapsho ... _gutsy.jpg

... and another high quality screenshot (warning, large file)

http://mysite.verizon.net/hjc56/snapsho ... nshot1.jpg

If you're going wireless, get an Atheros based PCMCIA card, as they generally work out of the box on Linux. I got an SMC SMCWCBT-G which works very well.

SMC Wireless Card on EBay

Lenovo at&t Williams wallpaper

[doog]

HarryC
How is the speed?

Also thanks for wireless link.
That's pretty cheap.

[Harryc]

doog, the speed is good to excellent, much faster than XP on the same machine. Today I found a second bug, that is coming out of sleep, the SMC card does not negociate with the DHCP server (my router) by itself and obtain an IP address. I am looking into that problem, but hey ... it's always something with Linux .