Hello Tristan,
It is not so much a distro issue per see, but it is a kernel issue.
The hardware on the sony vaio z13 serie is relatively well supported
(in a basic way: to allow you to be productive on your laptop, I am
not talking about switching graphic cards) by recent kernel such as
2.6.38 which was officially release some weeks ago. As you can
imagine, no (or few) distribution has been able to release a stable
version of their OS with that kernel yet.
So this is the issue: most of the current mainstream distributions are
using older kernel (Ubuntu Maverick is using 2.6.35 for example), and
small "tricks" are often needed to boot/install the distribution with
such kernel in the first place, but as soon as you are able to install
the 2.6.38 kernel, you should be fine.
Many people have managed to install Ubuntu and Fedora on their
hardware with minimal fuss.
If you are not comfortable with installing custom kernels and adding
parameters to grub boot loader, maybe you should simply wait for the
next release of the mainstream distro (Ubuntu Natty will ship with
2.6.38, Fedora 15 too, I am not sure about the others), and most of
your hardware should be supported out of the box.
If you are comfortable with tinkering with your system, then you can
check our wiki on the subject for inspiration (and don't hesitate to
check the method for models that are slightly different from your
own), and eventualy report on your success/failure.
http://linux-on-sony-vaio-z.wikispaces.com/
http://linux-on-sony-vaio-z.wikispaces.com/VPCZ135GG
Warm regards,
Sylvain
2011/3/25 Tristan Muntsinger <kachikosbodkin@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:kachikosbodkin@xxxxxxxxx>>
I just recently got my Sony Vaio Z13 and I'm looking to put Linux
on it. I'm not too picky about the distro, as long as I get to
run KDE. I'm just looking for one that runs WELL on the Vaio Z.
It seems like most people have a terrible time getting any distro
to work on it, so I'm asking if anybody out there has actually
gotten one to fully work well (and which distro it is).
Thanks!
-Tristan
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