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i am trying to run linux on my Samsung NC20 netbook, but cant get any idea how can i do this. i already search on web for this, but yet cant find any help. here i just want to to know that is there any supported drivers are there which provide 3D and video acceleration? what about the bettery life? Please if anyone has any idea or any answer of this question than please provide me. And please if anyone get any more detail about running linux on the Samsung NC20 netbook than also provide me.
i also thought to buy that notebook and i just read some articles about this. so i must say that youhave to learn and work praticly about this. and ya one more thing is, its really works good for me.
The Samsung NC20 is now not entirely new. Several bloggers and journalists have devoted themselves to the first vias nano equipped. Now, the colleagues of the Linux community have a copy of the 12-inch model made and tested the NC20 to operate on Linux. The testers had from the beginning not an easy game. As a first step, they wanted to buy the NC20 a new mass storage, no greater, but a more robust.
The BIOS does not recognize the flash-based storage. The solution to this problem was find the hidden features of the netbook. This switched the keyboard shortcut [Fn] + [11] and [Fn] + [F12]. A few settings later had operated the SSD. the tester came forward to the next. Under Ubuntu, and various derivatives started showing the login screen only a flickering image.
I used this but yet not tested the battery life because i had very tough time with the frequency scalling. itry to test it as early as possible. but before me if anyone test it than please provide the result here.
if i talk about the media than, The media player was without 2D acceleration. media player and VLC on the other hand, the alternatives were unhesitatingly. 3D support was not get - therefore: Send effects are not there on the KDE desktop.
i really like the linux os in the Samsung NC20 netbook and spwcially after realeasing the new kernel, which is fully supported for the netpad hardware. after this i dont think so we need anything else like any other patches or something else. i notice onegreat change which introduced in Linux-2.6.31 include the vanishing of the e_powersaver module, which detecting the correct frequencies of the Nano U2250, 800-1600Mhz.
here what i experience after using this. no problem with resolution in openchrome, but this is works really slow. i just get 90 fps with glxgears after activated direct redering. Now I am going to try this through the driver. ram works perfectly. I activated it via menu, and now everything works perfectly like the screen shuts down, the power led blinks, and so on.