Linux installation and configuration guides for Solo laptops and notebooks made by Gateway
.
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.
| Gateway (unknown model(http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-lobintro.html?ca=dgr-lnxw02aOldMachines) | Slackware 10.1 | |
Gateway 350X![[archived link]](/pics/archived.png "archived link") | Linux | |
| Gateway 400SD4 (aka Syncro)(http://vfm.extremepcgaming.net/users/syncrosetup/) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway 450XL(http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gateway_450XL) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway 450X (450rog) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway Solo 450X | Slackware 9.1 | |
| Gateway 450X(http://members.cox.net/arickiver1/gw450x.html) | RedHat 8.0 | |
| Gateway 450XL(http://www.waltzking.org/linux/450.html) | RedHat 7.3, 8.0, 9.0 | |
| Gateway 600 | RedHat 7.3, 8.0 | |
| Gateway 600(http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gateway_600_Series) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway 3522GZ(http://apolinux.i8.com/guia%20instalacion%20debian%20gateway%203522gz.html) | Debian | Spanish |
| Gateway 3550Z(http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gateway_3550GZ) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway 6020(http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gateway_6020) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway 7405GX(http://www.pcxperience.com/WebGUI/index.pl/laptop/gateway_7405gx) | Debian | |
| Gateway 7422GX(http://www.kleyn.net/7422gx/gateway_7422gx.html) | Fedora Core 3 | |
| Gateway 7422GX (aka eMachines M6811)(http://www.cokane.org/dokuwiki/freebsd/amd64_compatibility#getting_the_gateway_7422gx_or_emachines_m6811_working) | FreeBSD 5.3 | |
Gateway 7422GX(http://www.geocities.com/hammerjw/gateway7422gx_linux.html)  | Fedora 3, 4 | |
| Gateway 9550(http://www.silkspeed.com/gateway9550.html) | RedHat 7.1 | |
| Gateway CX2724(http://www.kaod.net/cornel/reviews/GatewayCX2724.html) | CentOS 5 | |
| Gateway M505X(http://mozy.org/m505x/) | Novell/SuSE 9.0 | |
| Gateway M305CRV(http://www.rcarter.net/laptop) | Linux | |
| Gateway M320(http://lyapu.dsi.unifi.it/~materassi/gatewaym320.html) | Debian | |
| Gateway M520CS(http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9133949670.html) | Novell/SuSE 10.0 | |
| Gateway M520S(http://keithperkins.net/gateway.htm) | Ubuntu | |
| Gateway M1625(http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=817870) | Ubuntu | |
| Gateway MT3422(http://zder.net/2007/10/07/gateway-mt3422-and-linux/) | Linux | |
| Gateway MX6214(http://www.tometronics.com/sabayonmx6214.htm) | Sabayon Linux 3.1 | |
| Gateway MX6440(http://linux.gotfoo.org/xubuntu-606-rocks/) | XUbuntu 6.06 | |
| Gateway MX6450(http://neon.home.texas.net/reviews/GatewayMX6450/GatewayMX6450_09.html) | Linux | |
| Gateway MX6453(http://blogs.sun.com/pmonday/tags/laptop) | Solaris 10 U3 | |
| Gateway MX6920(http://geocities.com/dollzrgr8/laptop.html) | Ubuntu 6.06 | |
| Gateway MX7118(http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gateway_MX7118) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway MX8711(http://members.allegro.cc/stevenvi/docs/gentoo_on_gateway_mx8711.html) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway MX8711(http://www.saidsimple.com/content/Gateway-MX8711) | Fedora 7 | |
| Gateway MX8711(http://www.vernmartin.com/vmc_site/MX8711_Install_notes.htm) | Novell/SuSE 10.2 | |
| Gateway Nomad 425DXL | Slackware 7.1, RedHat 6.0 | |
| Gateway NV5214U(http://jake.wasdin.net/blog/archives/84) | Ubuntu 9.04 | |
| Gateway NX570X(http://www.jonhull.net/blog/static.php?page=static061224-004740) | Ubuntu 6.10 | |
| Gateway Solo 400 SD4(http://www.gnawededges.us/soncara/freebsd) | FreeBSD 5.2 | |
| Gateway Solo 400 SD4(http://polkan2.dyndns.org/~meshko/laptop/) | FreeBSD 5.2, RedHat 8.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 400 SD4 | FreeBSD 5.2 | |
| Gateway Solo 400 SD4(http://stevengould.org/portfolio/independent/LinuxInstallOnGateway400SD4/) | Slackware 8.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 200X/XL | Linux | |
| Gateway Solo 1450(http://www.piratehaven.org/~mike/index.cgi?gateway) | Linux | |
| Gateway Solo 1450 | Linux | |
| Gateway Solo 1450(http://www.speakeasy.org/~lbijlsma/gateway_1450/) | Debian | |
| Gateway Solo 1450LS(http://www.geocities.com/acarirfan/solo-1450ls.html) | Slackware 10.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 1450LS | Slackware 10.2 | |
| Gateway Solo 1450SE | Linux, FreeBSD | |
| Gateway Solo 2100(http://klausler.com/warstory.html) | RedHat 2.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 2100 | RedHat 6.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 2500(http://www.thehayesweb.org/jhayes/solo2500.html) | RedHat 7.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 2500(http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=358) | FreeBSD | |
| Gateway Solo 2500(http://linux-laptops.blogspot.com/2006/11/linux-on-gateway-solo-2500.html) | Mandriva (Mandrake) 10.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 2550 | FreeBSD 5.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 3100 | Linux, BeOS, QNX | |
| Gateway Solo 3100/3150 (FireAnt) | Novell/SuSE 7.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 3150(http://coconut.sys.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/ando/install.html#solo3150) | Debian 2.1 Slink | |
| Gateway Solo 3150(http://coconut.sys.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/ando/install-j.html#solo3150) | Debian 2.1 Slink | Japanese |
| Gateway Solo 3350(http://rawlab.mindcreations.com/subnb3350.php) | Slackware 9.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 3350(http://jrv.oddones.org/solo.html) | Debian 2.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 3350 | FreeBSD | |
| Gateway Solo 3350(http://akosidexter.wordpress.com/2006/10/21/xubuntu-pimp-my-gateway-solo-3350-notebook/) | XUbuntu 6.06 LTS Dapper | |
| Gateway Solo 3350 | RedHat 7.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 3350(http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/%7Etomas/3350/) | Slackware 7.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 3450 | Mandriva (Mandrake) 8.0, 8.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 4520GZ(http://cs.unm.edu/~jhorey/laptop2.html) | Debian | |
| Gateway Solo 5100 LS | Linux | |
| Gateway Solo 5150 | Gentoo | |
| Gateway Solo 5300(http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gentoo_Gateway_Solo_5300) | Gentoo | |
| Gateway Solo 5300(http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~ania/main/gateway5300.html) | Debian | |
| Gateway Solo 5350(http://q.dyndns.org/~blc/html/laptops/linux5350.html) | RedHat 9.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 9100 | Linux | |
| Gateway Solo 9100(http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/OTHER/LINUX/gateway_9100.html) | RedHat 4.2, FreeBSD 2.2.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 9100(http://www.usd.edu/~djennewe/solo9100.html) | RedHat 7.3 | |
| Gateway Solo 9150XL | RedHat 6.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 9300 | RedHat 9.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 9300 | RedHat 8.0 | |
| Gateway Solo 9300(http://www.pintus.de/ilu/solo9300.html) | Linux | |
| Gateway Solo 9300XL(http://www.maplepark.com/~drf5n/non_ms/rh6-solo9300.html) | RedHat 6.1 | |
| Gateway Solo 9550 | Mandriva (Mandrake) 8.2 | |
| Gateway Solo 9550XL(http://www.adam-k.net/?id=linuxinstall) | RedHat 9.0 | |
| Gateway Solo P5-120 | Linux | |
| Gateway T-6345U(http://tan-com.com/posts/other/gateway-t-6345u-and-ubuntu-karmic) | Ubuntu, 9.04, Karmic Koala | |
| Gateway 2000 ColorBook(http://www.astro.umd.edu/~teuben/linux/laptop/gw2000cb.html) | Linux | |
| Gateway 2000 ColorBook(http://www.beau.lib.la.us/~jmorris/linux/laptops/colorbook.html) | RedHat 4.2, 5.1 | |
| Gateway 2000 HandBook(http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/rees/openbsd/gwhb.html) | OpenBSD 2.2, 2.5, 2.6 | |
| Gateway 2000 HandBook(http://dotcommie.net/projects/handbook/) | Debian | |
| Gateway 2000 HandBook 486(http://www.angelfire.com/al/priddyink/handbook486.html) | Linux | |
| Gateway 2000 HandBook 486(http://jeff.mulb.us/articles/gwhb/gwhb.htm) | Slackware 9.1 | |
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.
