Linux installation and configuration guides for Jade, Topaz laptops and notebooks made by Jewel
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Reports about running other Unix systems e.g. BSD, Solaris are welcome, too.
And don't miss the resources section at the bottom, containing links to applications, tools, utilities, drivers, community portals, HOWTOs and FAQs.
Do you have written an installation tutorial yourself? Please submit a new report.
| Jewel Jade 8060 (aka Compal ACL10)(http://margo.student.utwente.nl/simon/ongoing/jade8060.php) | Mandriva (Mandrake) 9.0 | |
| Jewel Jade 8080(http://home.versatel.be/vt686689/jewel/jewel.html) | Novell/SuSE 9.2 | |
| Jewel Topaz 9500(http://home.wanadoo.nl/mvandenburg/topaz9500.html) | Novell/SuSE 9.0 | |
| Jewel Topaz 9600(http://www.illuminatus.nl/linux/) | Novell/SuSE 9.2 |
Resources
- Laptop Manufacturers: Linux Status Survey
- manufacturer site: Jewel
- Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
- How to do-it-yourself laptop and notebook upgrading, repairing and modding(http://repair4laptop.org/).
- 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: Compal.