Linux installation and configuration guides for BlockBuster, OverDose, SuperSonic, WebBoy, Webgine laptops and notebooks made by Gericom
.
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.
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| Gericom 1100AT(http://mady.n.free.fr/chris/linux/gericom1100at/index.html) | Novell/SuSE 5.3, 6.2 | |
| Gericom 6100AT(http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/laptop/gericom.html) | RedHat 6.0 | |
| Gericom 1st SuperSonic M6-T(http://www.michos.de/notebook/) | Novell/SuSE | German |
Gericom 1st SuperSonic M6-T![[archived link]](/pics/archived.png "archived link") | Novell/SuSE | German |
| Gericom 1st SuperSonic M6-T | Novell/SuSE | |
| Gericom 1st SuperSonic M6-T(http://www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de/~arnolda/m6_t/m6t.html) | Linux | |
| Gericom 1st SuperSonic(http://techinfo.system33.de/LinuxOnGericom/index.html) | RedHat 7.3 | |
| Gericom 1st SuperSonic(http://www.flipsworld.net/notebook/gericom.html) | RedHat 7.2 | |
| Gericom 1st Supersonic Per4mance(http://www.nat.vu.nl/~sandro/gericom.html) | Linux | |
| Gericom 1st Supersonic GPRS(http://www.tutorials.de/forum/linux-tutorials/144865-linux-bericht-debian-auf-gericom-notebook.html) | Debian Woody | German |
| Gericom Supersonic(http://www.mybytes.de/gericom.html) | Debian 2.2 Potato | |
| Gericom SuperSonic 2 1130L(http://www.kybs.de/boris/notebook.shtml) | Linux | |
| Gericom SuperSonic II(http://www.linux-knowledge-portal.org/de/content.php?&content/hardware/gericomlinux.html) | Novell/SuSE 7.2 | German |
| Gericom Beetle | Fedora Core 1 | |
| Gericom BlockBuster 2440XL(http://tuxmobil.de/gericom_bb_2440.html) | Novell/SuSE 8.1 | German |
| Gericom BlockBuster 2440XL(http://hal9000.drehmoment.org/gericom/) | Debian | |
| Gericom BlockBuster 2840 | RedHat 8.0, 9.0 | |
| Gericom Blockbuster Advance 2680 XL(http://www.robf.de/Misc/gericom.html) | Debian | |
| Gericom Blockbuster Excellent 1460 DVD-RW [PLUS] | Debian | German |
| Gericom Frontman Force(http://www.oliver-kramer.de/) | Mandriva (Mandrake) 9.0 | German |
| Gericom Hollywood(http://saliouk.free.fr/gericom/gericom_hollywood.html) | Debian Sarge | |
| Gericom Hollywood(http://saliouk.free.fr/gericom) | Fedora | |
| Gericom Hummer 2020XL(http://home.teleos-web.de/vschildmann/hummer_de.html) | RedHat 9.0 | German |
| Gericom Hummer 2020XL(http://home.teleos-web.de/vschildmann/hummer_ubuntu_en.html) | RedHat 9.0, Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog | |
| Gericom Hummer 2430(http://lekernel.net/scrapbook/misc_sw.html) | FreeBSD 5.2.1 | |
| Gericom Hydrospeed K6-2450 DVD(http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/laptop_daten_gericom_hydrospeed_k6_2450_dvd.html) | Novell/SuSE | |
| Gericom Masterpiece(http://www.darktempler.de/Gericom-Laptop-Masterpiece.htm) | RedHat 8.0 | |
| Gericom MasterPiece 2440 | RedHat 8.0 | German |
| Gericom MasterPiece 2540XL | Mandriva (Mandrake) 9.1 | German |
| Gericom MasterPiece Per4mance 2400(http://reinhold.kainhofer.com/Linux/GericomMasterpiece/) | Debian 3.0 | |
| Gericom NetWork 1100MT(http://www.la-wolf.de/linux_auf_laptop.html) | Novell/SuSE 6.0 | German |
| Gericom OverDose 2(http://www.kybs.de/boris/notebook.shtml) | RedHat 6.2 | |
| Gericom OverDose 2(http://tuxmobil.de/gericom_overdose2_de.html) | Linux | German |
| Gericom Overdose 2 | Novell/SuSE 6.4, 7.2 | |
| Gericom OverDose 2 | Novell/SuSE 8.0 | |
| Gericom OverDose S/3(http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~phil/overdose/) | Debian | German |
| Gericom OverDose S/3 | Novell/SuSE 7.1 | |
| Gericom Overdose Per4mance(http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/~lplatter/notebook.html) | Novell/SuSE 8.1, 9.1 | |
| Gericom Phantom(http://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/Default.aspx?pageindex=7&pageid=18) | Debian | |
| Gericom Phantom 31100 | Ubuntu 5.10 | German |
| Gericom Select Advanced(http://www.heise.de/ct/04/14/092/) [PRINT] | Novell/SuSE 9.1 | German |
| Gericom Select Wide(http://ubuntu.flowconsult.at/de/gericom-wide-select-notebook/) | Ubuntu 6.06 | German |
| Gericom Silver Seraph Per4mance | Linux | |
| Gericom Silver Seraph | RedHat 6.1 | |
| Gericom Silver Seraph(http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/laptop_daten_gericom_silverseraph.html) | Novell/SuSE | |
| Gericom Silver Shadow (aka Clevo 3420)(http://home.leo.org/~loescher/silver/) | RedHat 6.4 | |
| Gericom Silver Shadow NBI 600MP | Novell/SuSE 6.4 | |
| Gericom WebBoy(http://tuxmobil.de/gericom_webboy_g.html) | Novell/SuSE 8.0 | German |
| Gericom WebBoy | Novell/SuSE | |
| Gericom WebBoy | Novell/SuSE 7.0 | German |
| Gericom WebBoy | Novell/SuSE 7.1, 8.0 | |
| Gericom WebBoy(http://www.familie-schuetze.de/webboy.html) | Novell/SuSE 7.3, 8.1 | |
| Gericom WebBoy(http://debian.stro.at/webboy.htm) | Debian | |
| Gericom WebBoy(http://www.griessmeier.de/laptop/laptop.htm) | Novell/SuSE 7.1 | |
| Gericom WebBoy(http://www.griessmeier.de/laptop/laptopd.htm) | Novell/SuSE 7.1 | German |
| Gericom WebBoy(http://www.groshert.de/linux/index_configs_webboy.html) | Linux | |
| Gericom WebBoy XL(http://www.darktempler.de/Gericom-Laptop.htm) | Novell/SuSE | |
| Gericom WebBoy 1000 14.1 XL-DVD(http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/~heiko/linux/gericom_notebook.html) | Novell/SuSE 7.1 | |
| Gericom Webgine(http://debian.stro.at/webgine.htm) | Debian | |
| Gericom Webgine 1320e DVD | Linux | |
| Gericom Webgine Advance 1400c(http://bellot.net/cyril/comp:gericom1400c) | Debian 3.0 | |
| Gericom Webgine Advance 1500+(http://www.koethe.net/gericom_webgine.html) | Debian 3.1 Sarge | |
| Gericom Webgine Per4mance XL(http://www.mattato.de/linux/SuSE_on_WebgineXL.html) | Linux | |
| Gericom WebGine XL(http://pcmap.unizar.es/~pilar/gericom/) | Mandriva (Mandrake) 8.1, RedHat 7.2 | Spanish |
| Gericom Webgine XL Force | Linux, FreeBSD | |
| Gericom Webshox(http://www.winischhofer.net/linux.shtml) | Debian | |
| Gericom WebShox | Debian 3.0 | |
| Gericom Webshox 1720e DVD(http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jow-09.09.02-000) | Linux | German |
| Gericom Webshox 1720 DVD(http://www.rostock-digital.com/angebote/linux/gericom.php) | Novell/SuSE 8.0 | German |
| Gericom Webshox 1720 DVD(http://www.rostock-digital.com/angebote/linux/gericom.php#english) | Novell/SuSE 8.0 | |
| Gericom X5(http://frosty-geek.net/x5/) | Linux | |
| Gericom X5 1430(http://www.gerdfleischer.de/gericomx5de.php) | Novell/SuSE 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 | German |
| Gericom X5 1430(http://www.gerdfleischer.de/gericomx5en.php) | Novell/SuSE 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 | |
| Gericom X5 Force | Debian | German |
| Gericom X5 Force | Debian | |
| Gericom X5 Force(http://www.pistillum.de/tech/gericom_x5/) | Debian Sid | |
| Gericom X5 Force(http://membres.lycos.fr/yoyo81/gericom.html) | Linux | French |
| Gericom X5 Force 1630(http://artm-friends.at/rm/mylinux.php) | Linux | |
| Gericom X5 1640 | Novell/SuSE 8.0 | |
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