<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello group,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will be trying to get Fedora to run properly, that is with as much functionallity as possible, on either laptop.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far I have been trying the NC8000 because I have not received the NW8000 yet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>The NC8000 will only display VESA and will not accept the ATI Radeon drivers from XFree86. I have not tested the ATI drivers from the website yet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am trying to find any information but it seems this is not a laptop that has been tested by anyone yet. So I will keep muttering and testing to see if I can get this thing going, I am actually more interested in the NW8000 but I will have to wait about 7 bizz days before it will arrive.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>In our small IT group I have found two people interested in running Fedora as a test providing I will come with some sort of installation manual for them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there anyone out here that is doing the same stuff as us and is willing to exchange their experiences?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aldert van der Laan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2>London, Ontario</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=959235403-06032004><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BODY></HTML>