Linux on U100 - Fedora 9
Posted by Bob on Sep 17, 2008
Today I foound a very interesting link in my mailbox. That link, to Jethro Carr’s Toshiba Libretto u100 pages, offers you some general information about the U100.
Even more interesting is his very useful guide on how to install Fedora Linux 9 on your U100. Apparently there are some serious issues with WIFI, Bluetooth and CPU frequency scaling. Jethro does a great job with his well documented guide on compile a new kernel for your system.
Reading through his other pages, you will understand why he chose Fedora to be installed on his Libretto.
I have been running Kubuntu on mine for quite some time. Currently running LinuxMint with the intent of loading Ubuntu over the holidays. The only issue that I know of is with the bluetooth. If you google for toshset, that will get you going. At one time or another, I have had everything working even the fingerprint reader. I don’t want to get in to linux wars, just want to say that with a different distribution it may be a bit easier.
I ran Kubuntu also on my u100 and it worked like a charme. I did not check the bluetooth and fingerprint reader, but everything I wanted to do with it worked.