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Installing Kubuntu on Toshiba Satellite A80-121

Last updated: 27/01/2007

General Hardware Specifications of A80-121:

Hardware Components	Status under Edgy Eft (6.10)	Status under Feisty Fawn (7.04) (Testing)	Notes
Pentium 4-M Processor, 1.60 GHz (Speedstep)	Works	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
15.4 TFT Display	Works	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
Intel i915GM 16MB Video ( ATI Radeon M )	Works	Works	No special procedure required during installation
512MB, DDR-RAM, 1DIMMs	Works	Works	No special procedure required during installation
80 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive	Works	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Integrated Network Card Marvell 88E8036	Works	Works	In edgy, needed to compile a 2.6.19 kernel In Feisty, No special procedure required during installation
Internal 56k Modem	Doesn't Work	Doesn't Work	Given up
DVD+-RW	Works	Works	No special procedure required during installation
Internal Intel IPW2200GB Wireless Networking	Work	Work	Work out of the box with WEP
Battery	Works	Works	No special procedure required during installation
AC97 Sound Card	Works	Works	No special procedure required during installation

This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.19 (Edgy) and 2.6.20-rc5 (Feisty)

Basic Installation of Kubuntu :

Why to use Kubuntu
Obtaining Kubuntu
Installing

Setting up additional features for Kubuntu

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Links:

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