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5Jun/100

Ubuntu 10.04 @ Lenovo ThinkPad T410s

Works out of the box

  • Graphics (Intel GMA HD Graphics)
  • Wlan
  • Lan
  • Webcam, tested in Skype
  • Touchpad and trackpoint

Works with some tweaking

  • USB was not working out of the box, but after an kernel update (to 2.6.32-22 64 bit) it started working
  • There was not sound out of the box, but a work-around is found at launchpad.net

Not tested

  • Fingerprint reader
  • Card reader
  • CD/DVD writer
  • e-SATA

Updated 13 June
USB do not work, unless some device is attached when the computer i booting :(

5Jun/100

Installing VirtualBox (non-free) in Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx

sudo -s "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian\
 lucid non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-3.2
3Jun/100

Flash in Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit

Installing Adobe Flash from the repository in Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit gives you the 32 bit version and runs it with nspluginwrapper. I have experienced several problems with this solution in Firefox, and is therefore using Adobes 64 bit Linux version.

Uninstall the repository version of flash

sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer nspluginwrapper

Get the Adobes Linux version from http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_64bit.html and install it:

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
tar -zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
rm libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

Restart Firefox

Update: June 6th
I have switched back to the "Ubuntu" Flash, because I was unable to use pages from ipapercms.dk:

sudo rm /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

The flickering seems to disappear when all the fancy visual effects are disabled.