Linux installation and configuration guides for Ascentia, PowerExec, PremiumExec laptops and notebooks made by AST
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Compatibility reports about running other Unix systems e.g. BSD, Solaris are welcome, too.
And don't miss the resource section at the bottom, containing links to applications, tools, utilities, drivers, community portals, HOWTOs and FAQs.
Have you written an installation tutorial yourself? Then please feel free to
submit a new entry.
| AST Ascentia 200GXM-A(http://www.aq.org/~js/linux/ast200gxma/) | Linux | |
AST Ascentia 910N![[archived link]](/pics/archived.png "archived link"){kind=small} | Slackware 3.6 | |
| AST Ascentia 950N | DamnSmallLinux | |
| AST Ascentia A41(http://www.courtfields.com/linux/index.htm#LAPTOP) | Linux | |
| AST Ascentia A42(http://www.cis.hut.fi/kaip/linux/ast_ascentia_a.html) | Slackware 3.1, RedHat 4.1 | |
| AST Ascentia J30(http://www.chuma.org/projects/pictureframe/) | RedHat 6.2 | |
| AST Ascentia J30(http://www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/laptop/ast-j30.html) | Slackware 3.1 | |
| AST Ascentia P(http://www.delilinux.org/wiki/doku.php?id=deutsch:installation_auf_notebook_per_http) | DeliLinux | German |
| AST Ascentia P50 | Debian 2.1 | |
| AST Ascentia P55 | Linux | |
| AST Ascentia M | Linux | |
| AST Ascentia M1560(http://www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/laptop/ast-m.html) | Slackware 3.5 |
Resources
- Laptop Manufacturers: Linux Status Survey
- manufacturer site: AST
- Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
- How to do-it-yourself AST laptop and notebook upgrading, repairing and modding(http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_ast.html).
- vendors which sell pre-installed Linux laptops, notebooks, PDAs or mobile phones
Original Equipment Manufacturer - OEM
If you are looking for drivers, software and service manuals for laptops and notebooks you may sometimes find similar models branded under a different name. Especially the FCC-ID can be helpful to detect the original manufacturer.