Ubuntu 9.10 on Sony Vaio SZ3XP
Last weekend I had problem with the installation on netbook… This time I’ve tried to install it on a classical Sony laptop : a good and still working Vaio SZ3XP…
It was working without problem for 6 months under Jaunty in 32 bits… and the install from scratch to 9.10 has been really easy ! Like for the previous one, it needs tweak configuration to achieve the proper use of the Ricoh r5u870 webcam and integrated fingerprint reader from Upek is not working at all. (It should indeed… If Sony would, Upek provides Linux drivers but this particular model integrates a modified firmware for Sony. It adds some crypto and only windows drivers from Sony know how to decrypt the stream. Maybe someone could break this to make it fonctionnal on Linux. Interoperability is a rule that Sony seems to ignore)
In short : Ubuntu 9.10 works wonderfully… I’m pretty excited to be able to say the same thing for the Wind netbook !