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Feature	Description
Model	Toshiba Satellite L40-12K
CPU	Intel Pentium Dual Core T2130 1.86Ghz
Display	15.4inch Toshiba TFT, resolution 1280×800
Hard Disk	120 Gb (5400 rpm) SATA
Optical Drive	DVD Recorder R/W
Memory	2048MB
Graphics	Intel 943GM
Wireless	Atheros AR5007EG 802.11 a/b/g

If you are planning to install Ubuntu 7.10 on a Toshiba L40-12k, or something a like than you should keep the following things in mind:

• For a good working keyboard layout select the US English keyboard layout
• If you want to use wireless than you should follow this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=512828
• You can fix a strange beeping sound comming from only one speaker by following this small HOWTO: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=473425&highlight=intel-hda

No, indeed, that’s not much to keep in mind. Almost everything worked out of the box for me. And I’m really glad it worked that way, it saved me a lot of headaches.

So I decided to put the latest version of Ubuntu on my laptop, a Toshiba L40 -12k. I only stumbled upon a few problems. As usual WLAN didn’t worked out of the box and somehow my keyboard layout was messed up.
I fixed my keyboard layout by reinstalling Ubuntu and setting it
to US English instead of NL Dutch. Now I just need to fix my
WLAN Certificate.

• 9:30-10:54 Still no sign of Ubuntu 7.10
• 10:55 Backing up important files on my laptop
• 10:56 Gutsy released
• 11:02 Done backing up files
• 11:04 Downloading 7.10 Desktop CD, About 40 minutes remaining.
• 11:17 Partitioning harddisk
• 11:18 Partitioning Done
• 11:20-11:26 Searching an empty CD. I’ve got plenty of DVD’s but why is it so hard to find a single CD…
• 11:27 Found an empty CD!
• 11:35 20 Minutes remaining, download speed dropping
• 11:35-12:04 *the speed is dropping, put your hands up for detroid*
• 12:05 Finally, Done with downloading!
• 12:07 Burning the CD
• 12:13 Burning is done, time to boot it on my laptop
• 12:14 Booting Ubuntu
• 12:17 Ubuntu has booted!
• 12:25 People have been told NOT to download the current release. I’m going to install it anyway.
• 12:27 The installing has begun after some delay. Somehow it didn’t wanted to set up the partitions manually.
• 12:42 Done Installing
• 12:43 Lunch time
• 12:58 Rebooted and ready to test
• 12:59 No WLAN /me is PISSED OFF
• 13:00-13:15 Searching for a solution
• 13:16 Solution found on Ubuntu Forums
• 13:17 Solution worked!
• 13:20 Had to use manually configuration instead of roaming mode
• 13:58 Laptop keyboard layout is messed up, trying to fix it
• 18:50 Reinstalled Ubuntu, somehow it fixed my keyboard layout
• 18:51 It’s done! Or well, almost just need to fix my WLAN Certificate

As I’ve said in one of my previous posts. I’m going to put Linux on my laptop. I’ve decided to wait until Ubuntu 7.10 will be released. Which will be in about 2 days. This new version of Ubuntu has some new features. Such as GNOME 2.20 and Compiz Fusion. It also features a desktop search, fast user switching and NTFS writing. There’s much more, you should check it out yourself. I just need to pray that my WLAN Chip in my laptop is supported by Ubuntu. I guess I will find that out in 2 days!

I’ve recently bought a new laptop, a Toshiba L40-12k to be exact. It’s a really nice laptop but I don’t really appreciate Windows Vista on laptops. For some reason it just doesn’t work out. That’s why I’m considering to try the new Ubuntu release, which is a Linux distribution, on my laptop. I just hope it allows certificates to be installed. Because I need those installed, else I can’t use the internet at college. Only a couple of days left until the new distro get’s released. I’ll keep you guys posted!