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Linux Compatibility TestedIBM® ThinkPad G41 2886-79U
Linux Compatibility Testing Results


System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2004-11-24

IBM® ThinkPad G41 2886-79U is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.

AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the IBM® ThinkPad G41 2886-79U:


  •  SuSE 9.1 Professional
  •  Novell Linux Desktop 1.0 SP2
  •  TurboLinux 10

  • This document presents the compatibility testing results.

    System Configuration

    The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.

    System Configuration as Tested
    Company IBM
    Model IBM® ThinkPad G41 2886-79U
    BIOS Revision 1.03 (1XET44WW)2004-09-22
    Main Board and Chipset NA
    Processor(s) Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 548 3.33 GHz
    RAM 512MB SODIMM 333MHz
    HBA ATA-100
    Motherboard Features and Capabilities 533MHz Front Side Bus
    Integrated XGA Video, Sound, Wireless and Network.
    Display Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200
    Serial Ports None
    Parallel Ports One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional
    USB Ports Four (4) USB 2
    I/O Ports and buses 
    Host Bus Adapter ATA-100
    Network Interface Integrated Broadcom® netXtreme Gigabit (BCM570
    Network Interface IBM® 11b/g Wi-Fi wireless
    Audio Chipset / Sound Card NA
    Optical Drive DVD Recordable 8X Max
    Hard Drive 80 GB ATA-100 Enhanced IDE harddrive
    Floppy Drive None
    Keyboard Standard 101 Keyboard
    Pointing Device IBM® ThinkPad TrackPoint
    Miscellaneous Hardware One (1) Type II or Type III PCMCIA slots
    56K V.92 Fax/modem

    Testing Results

    The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.

    Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.

    TestCommentResult
    Installation Testing
    CD-ROM Installation  PASSED
    NFS/FTP Installation  PASSED
    Device Auto Probing  PASSED
    Base System Testing
    Kernel Compatibility  PASSED
    GRUB/LILO Compatibility  PASSED
    Heavy I/O Test  PASSED
    Network Test  PASSED
    Network Load Test  (Not required on workstation test)PASSED
    SMP Test  (Only required multiprocessor systems)PASSED
    Display Adapter
    Console Compatibility  PASSED
    X Server Compatibility  PASSED
    Stand Alone Monitor  (Laptop Test Only)NA
    Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD  (Laptop Test Only)NA
    Sound Adapter
    Basic Sound Compatibility  PASSED
    Advanced Sound Availibility  PASSED
    Advanced Sound Compatibility  PASSED
    Serial Ports
    Kernel Detection  NA
    Compatibility Testing  NA
    Throughput Testing  NA
    Parallel Ports
    Kernel Detection  PASSED
    Compatibility Testing  PASSED
    Mouse
    Kernel Detection  PASSED
    Compatibility Testing  PASSED
    Keyboard
    Compatibility Testing  PASSED

    Notes and Observations:

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