[LBo] TuxMobil Celebrates 10th Anniversary as Resource for Linux, Laptops, PDAs and Mobile Phones

[Jisao]

(TuxMobil) March 6, 2007 -- This month, TuxMobil celebrates its 10th 
anniversary.  TuxMobil is the number one online resource providing 
information about Linux for laptops, PDAs, cellular phones and portable 
media players.  In short, TuxMobil is all about Linux and portable 
devices.  The name TuxMobil is a abridgement of the words Tux and 
"mobil." Tux is the well known name of the Linux mascot and "mobil" is a 
shortcut for mobile.

Starting with an installation report about Linux on his first laptop, 
published at the university account of its founder, Werner Heuser, the 
predecessor of TuxMobil was launched in March, 1997.  Over the years, 
more and more Linux laptop installation guides were listed at TuxMobil. 
  Now, to date, TuxMobil has become the biggest online resource on this 
topic.  Today there are more than 6,000 links to Linux laptop 
installation guides available.[1]

"It's easy to find the laptop model you are looking for," says Werner 
Heuser. "All the guides are ordered by manufacturer and model.  Almost 
every laptop manufacturer is covered.  That's currently over 220 
manufacturers."

For each guide, the language and Linux distribution is stated.  All 
major Linux distributions, such as Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mandriva, 
Redhat, SuSE, Ubuntu, and many not so well known distributions are 
covered.  Special sections cover other free Unix derivatives like BSD 
and OpenSolaris.

Werner Heuser soon became aware that laptops and other portable devices 
like cellular phones, PDAs and portable media players have many features 
in common. TuxMobil has been extended to provide compatibility reports 
about Linux and cellular phones together with a survey of helpful Linux 
tools to communicate with mobile phones.  Some current mobile phones 
even come pre-equipped with Linux [2].  These phones are also covered. 
The way to Linux on mobile phones has been prepared by some 
manufacturers which provided Linux with their PDAs.  More than 300 
guides are listed which cover installation and configuration of Linux
PDAs as well as connectivity to non-Linux PDAs.  In addition, the site 
has a "How To" section with more than 100 tips covering Linux 
installation or compatibility issues for portable media players like the 
Apple iPod.

Additional information is provided about Linux compatibility of 
accessories for portable devices, like PCMCIA cards, miniPCI cards, 
ExpressCards, webcams, infrared, BlueTooth and wireless LAN devices.

All these free guides and "How To's" are written by Linux enthusiasts 
for newbies as well as experts.  Most of the guides are in English, but 
there are special sections of TuxMobil dedicated to German guides about 
Linux on portable computers, documentation in Russian , Chinese and many 
other languages.

To find professional support or to purchase a laptop, notebook, PDA, 
handheld PC or mobile phone with Linux preloaded, there is an 
international survey of vendors dedicated to Free and Open Source 
systems.  If visitors have further questions, a mailing list is provided 
that offers individual help.

The world of the mobile Linux geek is constantly evolving.  The 
"TuxMobil News" provides a free RSS channel with daily Linux news for 
notebook, handheld, cellular phone and portable player users.  The RSS 
channel keeps users up to date about the latest trends, new software and 
drivers, helpful presentations, interesting guides and events [3].

TuxMobil is the ultimate source for Linux information about portable 
computers.

Please visit http://tuxmobil.org to find out more.


	[1] http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html
	[2] http://tuxmobil.org/phones_linux.html
	[3] http://tuxmobil.org/newsfeed.html