Any "out of the box working" distro for W500

I'm interested in finding out whether anyone got any distro to work "out of the box" including graphics and wireless on a W500.
Mint 6.0 and Mandriva 2009 were a no-go in this respect.
I know they can be tweaked, but have a very specific reason for not wanting to tweak them on this occasion.
Any real-life experience and pointers (even in the respect of "I've tried this one and it didn't work") will be highly appreciated.
Cheers,
George
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I can't say for sure but I don't think I had to do anything but disable switchable graphics to get Open Suse 11.1 to work "out-of-the-box" on my w500 (btw I use the intel-graphics).
Couldn't get the integrated 3G-modem (Ericsson F3507G) to work though until I had booted into Windows and installed the latest drivers and used it in Windows. Now that works just fine as well.
Haven't even tried to get the fingerprint-reader to work, since I don't use it.

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I wonder where you have found the drivers for this series ?:|
However, I have checked the Toshiba European page and didnt find the Vista touchpad driver especially for this series.
BUT the page provides some touchpad drivers (two drivers) for the Equium A200 PSAEE.
I would recommend installing the Alps Electric Touch Pad driver v7.0.301.4 and the Synaptics Touch Pad driver v. 9.1.14.0.
By the way; its always recommended to reinstall the OS with the Toshiba recovery CD. If you dont have such CD you could order it from the ASP which is responsible for you country.

I have a new iPad2 - just out of the box. Everything works, except I cannot download or update applications. It will not accept my password. My iPod will accept the password. What might the problem be?

I have a new iPad2 - just out of the box. Everything works, except I cannot download or update applications. It will not accept my password. My iPod will accept the password. What might the problem be? Any ideas?

Brock8821-
Use iTunes on your computer. With the iPad connected, sign into your Apple account and check for updates.
Doing this should straighten out the problem.
Fred

Any "out of the box working" distro for W500

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