Solaris, OpenSolaris, Illumos & NexentaOS with Mobile Computers (Laptops, Notebooks, PDAs)

Do you want to use Solaris Unix together with your laptop, notebook, PDA or mobile cell phone? Here are links to installation or connectivity reports. You are welcome to submit your own report, too.

ACER Aspire 2920	OpenSolaris 2008.05	German
ACER Aspire 9420	OpenSolaris, Solaris Express 10 Developer Ed
ACER Ferrari 4000	OpenSolaris
ACER Ferrari 4000	Solaris Express
ACER Ferrari 4005	Solaris 10
ACER Ferrari 4005	Solaris Express
ACER TravelMate 661LCi	RedHat 9.0, Fedora Core 6, OpenBSD 3.6, Solaris 10
Apple Macbook	OpenSolaris
Apple Macbook	Solaris
Apple Macbook Pro	OpenSolaris Build 76
Apple Macbook Pro 15''	Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07
COMPAQ Armada E500	Solaris 8
DELL Inspiron 4000	Linux, Solaris 7-8, OpenBSD 2.7-3.3, FreeBSD 4.1-5.1
DELL Inspiron 4100	Solaris 8
DELL Inspiron 6000 [Video]	Belenix	Spanish
DELL Latitude C800	Mandriva (Mandrake) 7.2, Solaris 8
DELL Latitude D600	OpenSolaris
DELL Latitude D620	Solaris 10
DELL Latitude D830	Solaris
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo EL	Solaris 9
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo M-7400	Solaris 10
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Si-1520	OpenSolaris	German
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Si-1520	OpenSolaris 2008.11	Greek
Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook 2100	Solaris	German
Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook B112	Solaris 10
Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S-7110	OpenSolaris 2008.11	German
Gateway MX6453	Solaris 10 U3
HP/COMPAQ NX5000	Solaris
HP/COMPAQ NX9000	Solaris 9	Japanese
HP Pavilion DV 6700	OpenSolaris 2008.11
IBM ThinkPad A20m	Solaris	Japanese
IBM ThinkPad i1800	Solaris 8	Japanese
IBM ThinkPad i Series S30	Solaris 8	Japanese
IBM ThinkPad T21	Solaris 8	Japanese
IBM ThinkPad T30	Solaris 8, Linux
IBM ThinkPad T42p	OpenSolaris
IBM ThinkPad T43	Solaris 10, 11 (OpenSolaris), Fedora Core 4
IBM ThinkPad T61	Fedora, Knoppix, Solaris
IBM ThinkPad T61	Solaris 11, OpenSolaris
IBM ThinkPad T61 6460-8SG (Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M)   [PRINT]	OpenSolaris 2008.05, Ubuntu 8.04, Fedora 9	German
IBM ThinkPad R32	Solaris 9	Japanese
IBM ThinkPad R40	RedHat 9.0, Fedora Core 2, Solaris 9
IBM ThinkPad R60	OpenSolaris
IBM ThinkPad X21	Solaris 8	Japanese
LG E500	OpenSolaris 2009.6
NatureTech Meso Station 999	Solaris 9, 10	German
NEC LaVie NX (LW23D53D)	Solaris 8	Japanese
RoverBook Pro 500	Linux, Solaris 10 11/06	Russian
SHARP Mebius Note PJ	Solaris 2.6	Japanese
Sony VAIO PCG-505	Solaris 8	Japanese
Sony VAIO PCG-FX340K	OpenSolaris 11
Sony VAIO PCG-NVR23	Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris 10
Sony VAIO PCG-SRX3E	Solaris 9 x86	Japanese
Sony VAIO PCG-XR1G	Solaris 8	Japanese
Sony VAIO PCG-Z1R/P	Solaris 9	Japanese
Sony VAIO PCG-Z505C/BP	Solaris 9, FreeBSD 4.7	Japanese
Sony VAIO VGN-S460P	Solaris Nevada Build 38, MAC OSx86, Linux
Sony VAIO VGN-SZ4XWN/C	Solaris Express x86
Sony VAIO VGN-SZ72B/B	Solaris
Sony VAIO VGN-T350P	OpenSolaris
Sun Ultra 3	Solaris 10
Sun Ultra 3	Solaris
TadPole SparcBook 3GS	Solaris 7
TadPole SparcBook 3	Solaris 7
TadPole SparcBook 3	Solaris 7
Toshiba DynaBook SS 3430	Solaris 8	Japanese
Toshiba Satellite 2060CDS	Solaris 8
Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT	Solaris 8
Toshiba Satellite A30-YS5	Linux, NetBSD, Solaris 10
Toshiba Satellite A75	Nexenta Alpha 5
Toshiba Satellite A100   [PRINT]	OpenSolaris 2008.05, Ubuntu 8.04, Fedora 9	German
Toshiba Satellite Pro A200	Solaris Express
Toshiba Tecra 550CDT	Solaris
Toshiba Tecra 9100	Belenix
Toshiba Tecra M2	Solaris 10
Toshiba Tecra M2	OpenSolaris
Toshiba Tecra M5	Solaris Express snv_52
Toshiba Tecra S1	Solaris 9, 10

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Manufacturers of Solaris Laptops and Notebooks

• NatureTech
• Tadpole

Mobile Solaris

• Solaris Laptop List (x86)
• Solaris Laptop List (in Japanese)
• Solaris (x86 Platform Edition) Hardware Compatibility Lists - HCL
• Installing Solaris using JumpStart technology on an Intel laptop (IBM)
• OpenSolaris Community: Laptop

Solaris x86

• Phil's Solaris Page
• Solaris on Intel FAQ
• Solaris on Intel - Mailing List
• newsgroup: alt.solaris.x86
• Solaris Multi-Boot-HOWTO

Linux on SPARC

UltraLinux

UltraLinux is the name given to the port of Linux the SPARC(TM) family of processors most commonly found in Sun(TM) workstations and clones. The port has been developed over the past few years and is currently very stable. It supports most workstations including the older 32bit SPARC processors and the newer 64bit UltraSPARC based workstations.

Aurora SPARC Linux Project

The Aurora SPARC Linux Project offers a Linux port for SPARC devices.

Solarpack

The Solarpack project is a repository of 1400+ pre-compiled packages of free software for Solaris systems and a distribution of the NetBSD package collection tools (NPCT) for Solaris. The goal is to make Free & Open Source Software on Solaris just as easily available as it could be on BSD or Linux distributions.

Frkit

Frkit is a tool that enables one to easily download modules and manage them. The list of modules is maintained as a manifest. When this tool is run, it downloads new modules (if available) including newer versions of modules previously installed based on this manifest. The user is presented with a list modules to choose from. Frkit can also be used to checkpoint a set of installed modules or ignore a set of modules. The command must be run as root. The current manifest contains:

• acpidrv
• gnome battery applet
• powernown
• gnome emi-freq applet

Peripherals

SunDrive

The SunDrive is an all-in-one device about the size of a magic-marker pen, allows users to copy or exchange any computer files and MP3 files between our UltraSPARC-based laptops and Sun workstations running Solaris 8 or 9 plus any Intel-based system running Linux, Windows XP, 2000 or Me and Macintosh systems with USB support. This device is also a high fidelity MP3 player including dual earphones.

Multi-Media Flash Reader/Writer

The Solaris 8 supported USB portable multimedia flash card reader/writer reads and writes to seven different popular digital media: CF-I, CF-II, Smart Media(TM), Memory Stick(TM), Micro Drive(TM), Multimedia Card(TM) and Secure Digital Card(TM).

APM

APM information and Suspend/Resume script .

Drivers: PCMCIA, NIC, ..

• Free NIC drivers for x86 Solaris e.g. pctc driver for 3COM 3C589 PCMCIA cards.

X11

See Xi-Graphics for commercial X-Servers, which support Solaris.

PDAs

• Solaris USB driver for Palm HotSync cradle.
• Step-by-step instructions on getting a PalmPilot to work with a Sparc running Solaris , and how to use the Sparc for PalmOS software development.
• PilotManager is a tool that allows you to synchronize databases on your 3Com PalmPilot with applications on your Unix platform. It is a full Hotsync daemon that is user extensible. Developers can write their own conduits to synchronize Pilot databases with the desktop application of their choice.

Other Linux and Unix Distributions

• Gentoo Linux for laptops and notebooks
• BSD for laptops and notebooks
• Debian/GNU Linux for laptops and notebooks
• SuSE Linux for laptops and notebooks
• Mandriva (Mandrake Linux) for laptops and notebooks
• Redhat Linux and Fedora Linux for laptops and notebooks
• Slackware Linux for laptops and notebooks
• Ubuntu Linux for laptops and notebooks
• SUN Solaris for laptops and notebooks
• RiscOS for laptops and notebooks
• OS/2 for laptops and notebooks
• BeOS for laptops and notebooks