Linux installation and configuration guides for Extensa, TravelMate laptops and notebooks made by Texas-Instruments - TI. 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.

TI Extensa 390	Linux
TI Extensa 510	Debian 3.0 Woody
TI Extensa 560CD	Slackware 3.0
TI Extensa 560CDT	Yggdrasil
TI Extensa 570CD(http://gamgee.acad.emich.edu/~roth/EXTENSA/)	Linux
TI Extensa 570CDT(http://www.luga.at/reports/linux-extensa-570CDT.html)	RedHat 3.0.3
TI Extensa 575CD(http://www.talug.org/howto/TI.html)	Linux
TI Extensa 600(http://shimtun.helloweb.eu//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26)	Debian	Italian
TI Extensa 650CDT	RedHat 4.0
TI Extensa 670CDT(http://odin.prohosting.com/%7Eextensa/)	RedHat 6.1
TI Extensa 900CDT(http://www.mondodesigno.com/linux/900cdt.html)	Mandriva (Mandrake) 7.2, 9.0
TI TravelMate 4000E	Linux
TI TravelMate 4000M(http://www.kenharker.com/linux-tm4000m/)	Slackware
TI TravelMate 6020(http://home.earthlink.net/~mahaneyc/ti6020.html)	Linux
TI TravelMate 6030(http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/sysadmin/laptop/ti6030/ti6030.html)	Linux
TI TravelMate 6030(http://waldviertel.net/glanzer/files/linux-laptop-ti6030dld.html)	DLD 6.0	German

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Resources

• Laptop Manufacturers: Linux Status Survey
• manufacturer site: Texas-Instruments - TI
• Linux Mobile Guide - Installing, Maintaining and Tuning of Linux on Mobile Computers
• How to do-it-yourself Texas-Instruments (TI) laptop and notebook upgrading, repairing and modding(http://repair4laptop.org/disassembly_texas_instruments.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.

• OEM relations between manufacturers
• FCC ID: unknown
• Acer seems to have taken over at least some model names from Texas Instruments, see Linux survey of ACER laptops and notebooks

Applications and Drivers

• TravelMate 4000M Linux Tools(http://www.bnet.pl/~jajcus/tm4000mlt/)