What a great idea for those new to Linux and finding themselves in need! The good folks at TuxMobil certainly seem to come through when they’re needed.

Laptopical’s reported on TuxMobil before, if you’ve been paying attention (check out our entries on February 22 and August 17, 2005). But now TuxMobil is making headlines again. The site now lists more than 5,000 Linux laptop installation reports, making it the largest such online repository of Linux help for laptop users.

The most stubborn of newbies may ask, “So, what the heck does this news mean to me?”

Well, put simply, the Linux OS can have issues with some hardware found on laptops, such as internal card readers, Suspend-to-RAM, and modems. And in many cases, the laptop manufacturers won’t offer any customer support when it comes to installing open source software on their products.

TuxMobil fills that gap. Linux laptop users from around the world have contributed their installation experiences and wisdom on such problems, and how to get around them-more than 5000 contributions total since it started in March 1997, with more than 2000 new entries coming in just the last year.

Of course, Linux isn’t about creating headaches, so the site also contains information on all of the benefits of switching to a Linux operating system. Search through all of the entries by the manufacturer of your laptop. Or track down installation reports relevant to you by looking under your CPU or Linux distribution.

We were supposed to keep it simple, right? Sorry. How’s this: TuxMobil is the best resource for mobile penguins and wannabe penguins-for laptop installation information and even for installation on cell phones, PDAs, and other portable media players. March on penguins, march on. Source: laptopical.com

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