I upgraded by x40 lastnight to use 2.6.14 and suspend2. I even managed to get the framebuffer working, and now I am using suspendui_fbsplash which is so cool.

The suspend2 is so much faster than the standard suspend that is currently in the linux kernel, and now seems to be realy starting to get much more stable. 

I think that I am going to need to create a new theme for it so that I can use the same theme as the ubuntu linux usplash to make it look really nice.

I also got the hdaps working (I think) which shows the orientation of the laptop and also parks the hard drive if it started to accelerate too much. 

Just recently I finally brought myself a laptop. Now because there are very few laptops that come with linux pre-installed it is difficult to know what to buy.

In the end I decided to buy the NEC Versa M400 which is a really good laptop, and does actually run linux very well. These pages are some pointers and configurations that I have used to get linux running on this laptop.

This is a work in progress and I will be updating these pages as I can.

If you would like more information that I have not put up yet, just email me at gordon@heydon.com.au