March on Tux Penguins! - 7000 Linux Guides
TuxMobil isthe World Wide Web's biggest resource when it comes toLinux-based operating systems and laptop computers.
TuxMobil isthe World Wide Web's biggest resource when it comes toLinux-based operating systems and laptop computers. And the site,founded by Werner Houser, has no intention, it seems, of lettinganyone catch it. It's doubled in size in just the last threeyears, and now has more than 7,000 guides on Linux installationand configuration.
TuxMobil now has installation guides onit for nearly every notebook maker out there-up to 220 differentmanufacturers. The site even has guides for tablet PCs andWebPads, which are especially complicated to configure withLinux.
Many of the guides also deal with hardware, and getting them towork properly with a Linux OS. We're talking all sorts of cardslots (Express, PCI, PCMCIA), BlueTooth and wirelessconnectivity, and Webcams. Updates are available to help maximizeconfigurations with certain processors and graphics chips, aswell.
The site also covers the full gamut of Linux distributions, likeUbuntu, Fedora, Redhat, and Gentoo, as well as more exotic Unixderivatives like Minix, BSD, and Solaris.
If all this is starting to sail over your head, no worries. Themain message is: TuxMobil is a clear testament to the popularityof Linux, the world's top alternative to Windows. But it's alsoevidence of just how great an idea it was to start TuxMobil. Thesite is more than just a how-to for Linux. It is a community ofLinux lovers encouraged to publish their own guides for settingup Linux on certain laptops, and these folks are obviously happyto help out other users.
Laptop manufacturers still need to warm up some to the site. Butthat only means exponential growth for TuxMobil when they do. Soexpect more news here on TuxMobil, similar to all of the otherupbeat coverage the Penguin's No. 1 has already gotten onLaptopical.
By Matthew Brodsky - Laptopical
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Earlier article From May 2006:
Techies love Linux. The vanguard of laptop users out there lovethe open source operating system too. But for many others of us,installation of Linux seemstoo complicated. Working with Windows is much more familiar, mucheasier. Now, however, us newbies to the way of Tux the Penguincan't use that lame excuse anymore, thanks to the Web siteTuxMobil.
Laptopical's reported on TuxMobil before, if you've been payingattention (check out our entries on February22 and August17, 2005). But now TuxMobil is making headlines again. Thesite now lists more than 5,000 Linux laptop installation reports,making it the largest such online repository of Linux help forlaptop users.
The most stubborn of newbies may ask, "So, what the heck doesthis news mean to me?"
Well, put simply, the Linux OS can have issues with some hardwarefound on laptops, such as internal card readers, Suspend-to-RAM,and modems. And in many cases, the laptop manufacturers won'toffer any customer support when it comes to installing opensource software on their products.
TuxMobil fills that gap. Linux notebook users from around theworld have contributed their installation experiences and wisdomon such problems, and how to get around them-more than 5000contributions total since it started in March 1997, with morethan 2000 new entries coming in just the last year.
Of course, Linux isn't about creating headaches, so the site alsocontains information on all of the benefits of switching to aLinux operating system. Search through all of the entries by themanufacturer of your laptop. Or track down installation reportsrelevant to you by looking under your CPU or Linuxdistribution.
We were supposed to keep it simple, right? Sorry. How's this:TuxMobil is the best resource for mobile penguins and wannabepenguins-for laptop installation information and even forinstallation on cell phones, PDAs, and other portable mediaplayers. March on penguins, march on.
