Linux installation and configuration guides for MagicNote, MultiNote, StarNote, TopNote, Web@Note laptops and notebooks made by IPC ArchTec
.
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.
IPC MagicNote M-7521T(http://www.emvol.de/linux/ipc.htm)  | Novell/SuSE 8.2 | German |
IPC MagicNote U![[archived link]](/pics/archived.png "archived link"){kind=small} | OpenBSD | |
| IPC StarNote (aka Clevo 980)(http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/platform/5610/linux1.html) | Deutsche Linux Distribution - DLD 6.0 | |
| IPC TopNote 5033(http://bernd-wurst.de/linux/topnote.php) | Debian | German |
| IPC TopNote 5033(http://use-strict.de/howto/topnote-5033.html) | NetBSD | |
| IPC Topnote 98 | Linux | German |
| IPC Topnote H(http://www.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de/~sommerh/Links/Linux/IPCLinux.html) | Novell/SuSE 7.1 | German |
| IPC TopNote H | RedHat 7.2 | |
| IPC Topnote H14(http://www.stefanbongartz.de/topnoteh_de.html) | Novell/SuSE 8.1 | German |
| IPC Topnote H14(http://stefanbongartz.de/topnoteh_en.html) | Novell/SuSE 8.1 | |
| IPC TopNote H 14.1''(http://asturio.gmxhome.de/ipc-topnote-h.html) | Linux | |
| IPC Web@Note | Server Optimized Linux | German |
Resources
- Laptop Manufacturers: Linux Status Survey
- manufacturer site: IPC ArchTec
- Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
- How to do-it-yourself IPC laptop and notebook upgrading, repairing and modding(http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_ipc.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.