Linux installation and configuration guides for Advance, BlueNote, LeBook laptops and notebooks made by Vobis. 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.

Vobis HighScreen Advance II	Linux	German
Vobis HighScreen BlueNote II(http://kj.uue.org/projects/bluenote/)	Novell/SuSE 5.1
Vobis HighScreen BlueNote II	RedHat 5.2
Vobis HighScreen CL50 (M1400)(http://www.lacofi.org/highscreen.html)	Fedora Core 1	Castilian
Vobis LeBook 100/133	Linux
Vobis LeBook 166	Linux
Vobis LeBook XI Advance	Linux
Vobis HighScreen LeBook Premium(http://karlheinzguenster.de/notebook.html)	Novell/SuSE 5.3, 6.3, 7.2 Debian 3.0	German

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Resources

• Laptop Manufacturers: Linux Status Survey
• manufacturer site: Vobis
• 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
• Vobis machines are sometimes also sold under the Yakumo and Mitac brand.