Linux Laptop & Notebook Installation Guides: NEC

Linux installation and configuration guides for LitePad, LookPal, Versa laptops and notebooks made by NEC. 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.

NEC i-Select M4610	Fedora Core 3
NEC LaVie MX	TurboLinux 7 Workstation	Japanese
NEC LaVie MX	Linux	Japanese
NEC LaVie MX LX60T/7 (aka Versa DayLite)	RedHat 7.1, 7.2
NEC LaVie NX (LW23D53D)	Solaris 8	Japanese
NEC LookPal	Linux
NEC LookPal	Linux	Japanese
NEC PC-9800	Linux	Japanese
NEC PC-9821La13	Linux	Japanese
NEC PC-9821 Xa7e	FreeBSD 3.4	Japanese
NEC PC-9821 Versa Pro NX VP23C/WX AA1	FreeBSD 4.3	Japanese
NEC PC-9821Lt2/3A	Debian
NEC Shield Pro FC-N21S *)	Linux
NEC Versa 550D	Debian Potato	German
NEC Versa 550D	Debian Potato
NEC Versa 550D	Debian Potato
NEC Versa 550D	Debian Potato
NEC Versa 2430CD	Slackware 3.1
NEC Versa 2635	OpenBSD 3.2, Slackware 4.0
NEC Versa 2650	RedHat 6.0
NEC Versa 4050H	RedHat 4.0, 6.2, 7.1
NEC Versa 5080X	FreeBSD
NEC Versa 6200MX	RedHat 6.2
NEC Versa 6200MMX	RedHat 5.0
NEC Versa 6200MMX	RedHat 4.1
NEC Versa 6050MH	OpenBSD 2.2
NEC Versa 6060	Gentoo
NEC Versa E120 Daylite	Gentoo 1.4
NEC Versa E3100-1702DR	Ubuntu 6.06, 7.04	Bahasa Indonesian
NEC Versa FX	RedHat 6.1
NEC Versa LXi	RedHat 6.1
NEC Versa P and M series	Slackware 2.1, RedHat 2.0
NEC Versa M300	Gentoo
NEC Versa P520	Slackware
NEC Versa SX	RedHat 5.1
NEC Versa VXi	Linux
NEC Versa VXi	Debian 2.0
NEC Versa Lite FX	Mandriva (Mandrake) 7.1

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Resources

• Laptop Manufacturers: Linux Status Survey
• manufacturer site: NEC
• Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
• How to do-it-yourself NEC 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: EUN

Other Mobile Computers Made by NEC

• look here for NEC Linux PDAs