I got a new laptop the other week to replace my HP one which came
to a rather messy end last autumn. It wasn't something I was going
to bother with for a while but the little netbook I've been using
was causing me some eyestrain.
It's a Toshiba Satellite C50-B-189. I took a bit of a punt on it
as there was nothing much online regarding how it would work with
Linux so I thought it'd be a good idea to write down what I found.
In general, it works fine with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS except that the
internal Bluetooth adaptor doesn't seem to be recognized.
[Update 2016-09-04: see below.]
I haven't tried the optical drive yet.
[Update 2016-09-04: have since used it for reading CDs - works fine for that.]
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