[Gllug] Small rant

[Minty]

On 11/7/05, John Hearns <john.hearns at streamline-computing.com> wrote:
> But, but what IS this thing with 'Linux is good for rescuing
> old/dead/underpowered/free hardware?'

okay then.

http://laptop-notebook.blogspot.com/2005/10/sony-vaio-tx1xp.html

  "Sony has also tried to make this feature as accessible
  as possible by installing a Linux boot partition that can
  have you up and running in a few sections and watching
  your favourite DVD without needing to boot up Windows"

I plan to replace windows, but ideally don't want to loose the
"instant on" dvd player.  Bit concerned about screwing up the boot
partition and not being able to fix it...Or replacing the boot loader
and not being able to boot into the custom partition....

So the plan is to get a Knoppix or similar boot disk and poke around, but...

What I'm really after here is any pointers to lists, blogs, groups
associated with funky sony laptop hardware and linux.  Sony's support
seems a bit pants in this regard (the manual tells you how to add more
memory, but not how to replace the harddisk) and I've not found a
great deal online yet....

Oh, and any advice for good tools/techniques for poking around with
what might not be standard hardware.
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