Terry D wrote:
> I have a Toshiba 5005-S504 that I want to run Linux on. Does anyone
> have any experience setting up Linux on this model?


http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/toshiba.html
http://tuxmobil.org/toshiba.html


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I use mandrake 10 on that model and it works quite well. Getting the
modem to work is somewhat tricky but everything else works fine, as far
as I can tell. Except I don't have any firewire hardware, so I don't
know if that works out.



Terry D wrote:
> I have a Toshiba 5005-S504 that I want to run Linux on. Does anyone
> have any experience setting up Litnux on this model? Any issues I
> should be aware of? I'm assuming the distributions out there today
> support laptops better than they did a few years ago. Are any of the
> distributions more laptop friendly that others?
>
> I'm a novice with Linux at this point but I want to learn more. Any
> information will be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Terry