Linux Laptop & Notebook Installation Guides: Compal

Linux installation and configuration guides for laptops and notebooks made by Compal. 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.

Compal ACY13	Slackware 9.1
Compal CL50 (aka WhiteBox CL50)	Fedora Core 5
Compal CL56	Ubuntu
Compal CL56	Linux
Compal CL56 (aka Zepto zNote 4200, ChemBook 2056, PowerNotebook 5:6, FragBook TL, LittleBit Snapper Z72)	Ubuntu
Compal CL56	Debian
Compal CL56	ARCHlinux
Compal CY23	Mandriva (Mandrake) 10.0
Compal EDL71 (aka Aristo Smart 400, Compal DL71, ChemiBook 2071, Xpression DL71 Mecer, BOLData DL71, Trend DL71, ATOMIK Action DL71, Jetbook 9600, Crown P 10:6, (NBC-034) Tangent Shuttle 8900, RoverBook Navigator W511)	Debian	Polish
Compal FL90 (VBI)	Mandriva (Mandrake) 2008	Czech
Compal HEL81 (aka Marvel PC Ali-Book VBI serie 81, Olidata Tehom CW 4800, JET H8100	Ubuntu
Compal Jax10	Linux
Compal IFL90 (aka Sager NP2090)	Ubuntu 7.04
Compal IFL90	Novell/SuSE 10.3 AMD64 (x86_64), Fedora Core 10
Compal IFL90+	Debian	Polish
Compal IFL91	Ubuntu
Compal N30 (aka Inspiron 5000e)	Linux
Compal N38W2 (M-Tech 30W)	FreeBSD

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Applications / Drivers

• Here you can find a Linux kernel module for some Toshiba and HP laptops. This package is intended to provide Linux kernel support for HP OmniBook, HP Pavilion, Toshiba Satellite, Tecra, Equium and Compal laptops.

Resources

• Laptop Manufacturers: Linux Status Survey
• manufacturer site: Compal
• Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
• How to do-it-yourself Compal laptop and notebook upgrading, repairing and modding.
• 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.

• OEM relations between manufacturers
• FCC ID: unknown
• It seems that these machines are also relabelled under the brands: Jewel , Zepto and others.