Mandrake Laptops: Airis - Cinet

This file contains a list of laptops on which Mandrake Linux has been successfully installed on. All entries have been contributed by Mandrake users.

Ratings ('Marks') range from 1, worst, to 4, best:

  1. Barely working,
  2. Partially working,
  3. Mostly working and
  4. Perfectly working.

Airis - AJP - AMS - Angel - Apple - AST - Asus - Chembook - Chicony - Cinet

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Airis

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
215/220
 8.0
 Mandrake 8.0 is working fine in this laptop. Installation went through automatically. Everything totally detected. Previously I had the 7.0 and 7.1 releases working great.
 4

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AJP

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
AJP 2200C
 8.0
 SIS 630 Video card does not work with mandrake 8.0 because of the dual output option.
 3

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AMS

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
Roadster
 7.1
 Monitor, modem, and USB issues in installation.  Other than that, it's a thing of beauty
 3

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Angel

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
2250
 7.1
 none
 4
8200
 7.2, 8.0
 Worked perfectly right from install.  All hardware was found and configured correctly, I hardly had to do anything.  Very impressive!
 4
same
 8.1
 Not a single problem installing, everything was correctly found and configured.
 4
same
 8.1
 Surprisingly terrible after how well 8.0 ran on it.  It couldn't set up the PCMCIA network card and the floppy drive was completely unuseable.
 2

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Apple

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
iBook
 8.0RC1
 none
 2
same
 8.0
 none
 4
same
 8.0
 I formatted the whole HD as free space using Mac partitioning tool, booted from the Mandrake-PPC CD, typed install-text at the prompt and the install went smoothly. At
start up, it hung at detecting usb devices.Using I for interactive boot I declined usb services and was up. I've got no sound and have not checked the modem. Networking
setup perfectly, and the OS looks great!
 3
iBook 466 SE
 8.0
 Video not working in XClient. Working on a fix.
 3
iBook 2000
 8.0
 Install ok, but no sound, nor XFree4 working. The only working video is Xpmac in 8 bits :(
 2
iBook 2001
 8.0
 20 minutes to boot up. Can't activate built-in modem.
 2
PB G3/400
 8.0RC1
 none
 2
PB G3/500
 8.0
 none
 3
same
 8.0
 none
 2
PB G3 Lombard
 8.0
 Mandrake is great. You should include pmud in you PPC distro though for laptop users.
 3
same
 8.0
 Haven't got power management working yet.
 3
PB G3 Pismo
 8.0RC1
  no hardware acceleration in XFree86. didn't support my German keyboard (neither XFree86 nor console). didn't let me switch consoles without a hard crash / lock-up.
 2
same
 8.0
 Only trying on this one since I can't get the video right on my trusty iMac.
 4
same
 8.0
 Really COOL Linux Distrib!
 1(?)
same
 8.0
 Best and easiest to install distro I've found!!! It only gets a 3 tho because I still can't get OpenGL (DRI) working right (and therefore (among other things) can't play tuxracer!).  I would give it a 4 otherwise.
 3
PB G4 Ti
 8.0
 none
 4
same
 8.0
 Not a painless install - but not far from it. Had to use text install and still can't get X to use the right hand inch of the screen. Oh and /mnt/cdrom can't be accessed.
 3-4
same
 8.0
 Having used Mandrake on my Intel system for years, I was pleasantly surprised to learn they released a PPC version.  It's running great on my PowerBook G4 (dual boot w/ Mac OS 9.2.1, 256MB ram, etc.)
 4
same
 8.0
 none
 4
same
 8.0
 none
 4
same
 8.0
 none
 1

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AST

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
Ascentia M
 7.2, 8.0
  Some small video artifacts at times.  But the exact video card is not shown in the setup. It still performs pretty well.
 3-4

Asus

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
A1000
 8.0
 none
 4
A1300
 8.0
 Works fine, once you get XFree right (must have vga=791 in Lilo) 
 3
same
 8.1
 I have problems with my LCD screen... Can't find out what it is exactly, but it's annoying. Hoping to fix it soon. Other than that it's working fine.
 3
A1330
 8.1
 The SiS video accelerator is now supported.
 4
B1000
 8.1
 everything works fine:sound,net,etc still haven't tried firewire,modem.
 4
F7400B
 7.2
 I'm running XFree4.1.0 KDE2.2 and KOffice1.1 I have everything working: DVD, USB, pcmcia network + modem  but not ir and DRI
 4
L7000
 8.0
 none
 4
same
 8.1b
 Problems with my sound card which is an Intel 82440mx with ac'97 codec.
Rest is detected fine.
 3
L7000G
 8.0, 8.1
 Works perfectly out of the box. Sound quality could be better, but that is due to the AC97
codec.
 3
L7300
 8.0
 Only runs with XFree86 3.3.6...
 3
same
 8.0
 Everything quite good, except the problem with fonts in the web browsers, as usual. I can't check it now (laptop broken), but I think I am using framebuffer, as graphic card is not supported.
 3
L8200
 8.0
 none
 3
L8400B
 8.0
 Buggy sound drivers (Aureal Au8810).
 3
L8400K
 8.0
 Only winmodem doesn't work
 4
M8300
 8.0
 The best distribution i 've tried. good looking, convenient configuration and excellent hardware compatibility(it can recognize the sound card and network card i 've installed).
 3-4
P6300
 8.0
 Worked like a charm on right out of the box.
 4
same
 8.1
 Smooth installation and running.  Detected all hardware and PCMCIA cards during initial install. Other than tweaking, nothing else really required.
 4

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Chembook

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
6120n
 6.5
 none
 1

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Chicony

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
MP-979
 8.0
  All works perfectly, except Yamaha OPL3-SAx sound hardware which is not
identified at all.
 3

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Cinet

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
Smartbook 400
 7.0,7.2,8.0,8.1b2
 Sound card is not supported. Except for that, everything is!
 4

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Clevo

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
2700C
 8.0
 Was difficult to get the screen working, but eventually managed with help from www.linux-laptop.net. Sound doesn't work yet though.
 2

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CTX

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
EZ Book 700
 8.0
 Worked great.  Only need drivers for my Linksys Wireless NIC.
 4
same
 8.0
 No problems - everything worked as expected.
 4
EZ Book 700E series
 7.1
 none
 3
same
 8.0
 doesn't have enough video drivers for Neomagic, only one generic that makes the everything on the screen BIG only one Resolution 800x600
 3-4
EZ Book 800
 8.0
 Works good.  I had 7.1 tweaked out better but just haven't had time to
tweak my 8.0 installation...  There is a problem when shutting down and the
floppy is removed.  I can get around it by making the floppy manual mount and just making sure it is unmounted before shutdown.  With 7.1 I even had the sleep with shutdown to disk working. 
One note, I have to disable APMD in the kernel or the laptop will not boot--only numbers scrolling quickly on the screen...
 4

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Decision Maker

Model
 Rel.
 Comments / URL
 Mark
DM 1009
 8.0
 Sound (ESS Solo-1)works some of the time. Prism 802.11b wireless works perfectly. Video works only with XFree 3.
 3

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