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Installing Slackware 10.0 on a Sony Vaio Picturebook C1XS [Henry's Notes] -> [Slackware] -> [Laptops] 3rd September 2004 I had Slackware 9.1 on my laptop and it was good. Practically everything worked. I learned a little about the Alan Cox patches to the Linux kernel to help laptops get the most out of the batteries. I tried that with the 2.4.18 kernel that came with Slackware 9.0, but there wasn't a lot of help for the CPU that came with my laptop. Then Slackware 10.0 came out. More advanced kernel, more USB recognition. Should I upgrade? Should I try a brand new installation? I thought about it for about 5 seconds, and decided to just do the upgrade. I followed the instructions in UPGRADE.TXT in the root directory of the first Slackware cdrom, and it went very smoothly. Still no special stuff for the CPU and battery usage. More recognition of the camera and when you do 'make menuconfig' when you compile the kernel, there are more references to the Sony Vaio Picturebooks. Sadly, this little laptop is going to fall behind as Linux advances. After all, it's an old laptop, and no longer interesting to developers. Sigh. The CDROM is still useless. I cannot use it. The driver will not work. So I just don't use the CDROM drive. I do most of my file transfer across the wireless network anyway, and I've got my little USB device for file transfer too. So the CDROM is not something I carry around any more. It's not too bad. It means less stuff to carry with the laptop.