Run slackware on new sony?

[spaul]

I was wondering whether this might be an alternative to pdaxROM for running xfce, abiword, gimp et al. It has laptop processer so conventional linux should work assuming driver can handle the screen.

http://www.pdabuyersguide.com/notebooks/so...ny_vaio_U50.htm
More than a pound and no thumb typing keyboard. How lame.   But the rest of it looks promising 4 linux assuming proprietary sony does not have an open software autodestruct sequence

[roguetrooper]

Had to come with the obligatory "memory stick" port didn't it
That Sony added a CF port shows that even they are coming around to the fact that proprietary expensive memory is a thing of the past.

As for the rest of it.... *yawn*... reminds me of a 1997 Toshiba Libretto on steroids.

The 20GB 4200RPM drive is like something out of a timewarp - wanna upgrade it? I upgraded a VAIO drive once.. it was a nightmare - not like the 5 minute procedure with your average toshiba or thinkpad

It seems cool at a glance. But on further inspection it's kinda lame.

Yeh and it runs Windoze... what else can I say!