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Samsung P10

Installation is no problem. Didn't test the built-in modem as I do not need it. Network, Audio, Video, Touchpad, USB, Battery Indicator work perfect.

Suspend to RAM somewhat works, but after waking up the screen is scrambled with psychedelic colors and the machine is effectively locked up (not possible to change to terminals etc). So don't use Suspend to RAM at this moment.

Samsung R50

...see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/SamsungR50

Samsung X15

Basically works out of the box. Video, audio, touchpad all fine, USB mouse works too. Wireless LAN needs ndiswrapper, but then works fine.

CPU throttling works, but battery indicator does not work (using Warty, at least).

Function keys (brightness, volume, battery indicator) don't work, I haven't investigated yet.

Haven't tested PCMCIA, modem, external monitor, or suspend yet.

Samsung GT9000 Series

This laptop is quite old now but Breezy installed just fine. Runs very slow with the standard RAM but an upgrade sorts this out.

Touchpad (including the scroll buttons), screen, Intel i830 AGP graphics, USB, LAN, audio all works fine with no special configuration needed. No wireless built in but PCMCIA worked right away too and I am successfully using a Draytek 802.11b wireless card. Haven't tested the built-in modem as I have no use for it. Suspend to hard drive works.

Battery indicator works 95% of the time but I have seen it tell me I am running on battery power sometimes when the laptop is actually plugged in. It'll popup a message saying you're about to run out of power but nothing happens. Haven't tested an external monitor.