Linux Laptop & Notebook Installation Guides: JVC

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

JVC MP-XP731 (aka Asus S200 N)	Debian Sarge
JVC MP-XP731	Novell/SuSE 8.1, 9.0
JVC MP-731 [PRINT]	Novell/SuSE 8.2, 9.0 Mandriva (Mandrake) 9.2	German
JVC MP-XP731GB	Mandriva (Mandrake) 10.1, 2008.0
JVC MP-XP741	Mandriva (Mandrake) 2006, Ubuntu, KUbuntu, OS/2 Warp 3 & eComStation 1.2 MR
JVC MP-XP741	Gentoo	German
JVC MP-XP3210	Debian
JVC MP-XP3210 (aka InterLink XP, Victor)	Linux	Japanese
JVC MP-XP7210	Novell/SuSE 8.2	German
JVC MP-XP7210	Linux
JVC MP-XP7210	RedHat 7.3
JVC MP-XP7210	RedHat 7.3
JVC MP-XP7210DE	Debian
JVC MP-XP7210 / 3210	Ubuntu
JVC MP-XP7250DE	Linux, OpenBSD
JVC MP-XP7250DE	Debian
JVC MP-XV841US	Fedora Core 3

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Resources

• Laptop Manufacturers: Linux Status Survey
• manufacturer site: JVC
• Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
• How to do-it-yourself JVC 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
• JVC MiniNote machines are also available under the brand name Victor.
• ASUS is the OEM of JVC machines. Under the brand ASUS they are sold in ASIA (except Japan) and in Russia, all about the rest of the world they are branded as JVC.
• JVC MP-XP 3210 and 7210 are also known as ASUS S200 A
• JVC MP-XP 7230 and 7250 are also known as ASUS S200 B
• JVC MP-XP 731 is also known as ASUS S200 N
• JVC MP-XP 741 is also known as ASUS S200 Ne
• JVC MP-XV 841 and 941 are also known as ASUS S300 N
• source: NewsGroup de.comp.hardware.netzwerke.wireless