[SLL] Toshiba Laptop A215 with RealTek Wireless and Dolby "SoundRoom?"

[Paul Allen]

On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 15:29 -0700, xeno at eskimo.com wrote:
> I got this A215 last week at the Office Depot (There was a rebate).  Ubuntu so
> far won't run the sound, nor the Realtek wireless card, and I wonder if I can
> get my money back for the M$OS that came with it.  Anybody here of a distro
> running on this thing?  

Here's one report:

http://www.datanorth.net/~cuervo/blog/linux-on-the-satellite-a215-s7407/

And another:

http://www.linlap.com/wiki/Toshiba+Satellite+A215

This machine apparently comes with various wireless cards.

> What is the latest way to try to get reimbursed for an
> OS you don't want to pay for?

Good luck with that.  Microsoft's not going to refund your money,
since you bought the machine from Office Depot, and Office Depot
likely has an agreement with Microsoft forcing them to buy a license
for every machine they sell whether it has Windows installed or not.

Paul Allen