Linux on Sony Vaio Z?

[sector]

dhfriedman, the only thing that actually doesnt work, is brightness, you just cant set your own level. Video acceleration is working, sound, bt, wi-fi, gpu (both at one time As far as I know).

[dhfriedman]

running both gpus at the same time seems like a major problem to me...

[sector]

still its better to run both than not even 1 :P

[djlooka]

I had the same problem controlling the screen's backlight on my SR. [...]
... btw I am writing this running on OpenSuSe 11.1 RC1, and I feel it IS ready for everyday use.[...]

I'm happy for you, but here the problem is linux on vaio Z, with switchable graphics (Intel and Nvidia). I think that vaio SR with only ATI graphics is pretty a different thing, no?
I think that linux itself IS ready for everyday use, but not the way it's currently running on vaio Z.

[sector]

you can still use him on vaio, but when you want to run him on battery, then this is a big problem

[arth1]

Why is not running Vmware a good solution?

For one thing, Sony disables virtualization (VT) in the BIOS even when the CPU and northbridge supports it, so you can't run 64-bit operating systems under VMware on a VGN-Z.

And, of course, you can forget about working 3D.

[DetlevCM]

Oh, people have found ways to enable it again...
Just search the forum.

[arth1]

Oh, people have found ways to enable it again...
Just search the forum.

Not on the Z. Just search the forum.

(It uses a completely different 32-bit BIOS (InsydeH2O))

[DetlevCM]

Where there's a will there's a way.

You can be the first to find out the.

[sector]

bad joke man...