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    Linux on MSI?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by blancj, Mar 15, 2006.

  1. blancj

    blancj Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has any one out there tried a Linux Distro. on a MSI laptop. I am wondering what it took to find drivers? How did it go? Knightmare or silk?

    Thanks.
     
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    CoffeeShark Notebook Evangelist

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    it depends on the system and the distro. you can find quite a bit on the S270/1013 with different linux packages, and some have been trying the 1029 and 1036 with mixed results. I would suggest googling for the appropriate forums, as they are full of info, especially some of the Euro forums that have had the 1013 longer than the US market.
     
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    LiquidSpikes Notebook Geek

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    I have Simply Mepis 3.4 (Debian bulid) on my Ms-1003 and it runs perfect, wireless and everything was auto detected. :D

    I entered the live CD on my Moms Ms-1029 and seems to be fine with it.
    the only problem I found with it was the bulit in Bluetooth had some issues.

    I was surprised how well they worked considering most ATI video cards choke on Linux.
     
    LiquidSpikes, Apr 6, 2006
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