I did not see elsewhere in the forum a topic about hardware compatibility.
And decided to start with my list.
I have tested:
With Porteus v5.0 32bit:
Toshiba Satellite L200
HP Mini 210 (Porteus v5.0rc3 32bit with b43-firmware wi-fi)
With Porteus v5.0 x86_64:
HP Elitebook 8530W
Lenovo T61, T400, T440, T510, T540p
Lenovo L410 (with intel_wifi_6300)
DELL Latitude 5500 (bluetooth not working)
We can list the devices and then make a more complete list!
Hardware compatibility
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Hardware compatibility
Porteus v5.01 KDE x86_64
Hardware compatibility
I have used Porteus v5.0 x86_64 on an Acer Aspire 5 (A517-52-530V), but wifi, bluetooth, and sound doesn't work.
Update:
I was able to copy a driver (all the iwlwifi-QuZ files) from another linux distro (MX Linux) (thanks Ed_p! (see next post)) to get the WIFI working.
Update 2:
I ended up doing a bit of modification in this thread Bluetooth and sound did not work, and after updating my kernel to 6.1, wifi worked on it's own. Also according to that thread, I added a couple modules and now sound and bluetooth also work (Yippee!)
We can add another one to the list!
Update:
I was able to copy a driver (all the iwlwifi-QuZ files) from another linux distro (MX Linux) (thanks Ed_p! (see next post)) to get the WIFI working.
Update 2:
I ended up doing a bit of modification in this thread Bluetooth and sound did not work, and after updating my kernel to 6.1, wifi worked on it's own. Also according to that thread, I added a couple modules and now sound and bluetooth also work (Yippee!)
We can add another one to the list!
Last edited by KingJames on 17 Dec 2022, 05:42, edited 7 times in total.
Porteus 5.0. I'm still learning linux. I hate Big Tech spying on me and I like open source. I am really enjoying Porteus. I keep it on a thumb drive and I copy to ram in less time than it takes Windows on my hard drive to boot up.
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Hardware compatibility
I use Porteus v5.0 x86_64 on a Dell Inspiron 14. Wifi needs a iwlwifi-QuZ driver module.
Ed
Hardware compatibility
Presently, I have 4 versions of 5.01, Openbox/XFCE/LXDE/LXQT, on a Ventoy pendrive plugged into one of my HP T520 thin clients, 4GB ram, 1.2GHz dual core, AMD graphics, (no disk).
All seem to work well booting 'live' - wifi works using a USB stick, & I have sound working straight out of the box.
All seem to work well booting 'live' - wifi works using a USB stick, & I have sound working straight out of the box.
Uses old computers with FOSS.