Can satellite L650D - 12 p - I install a Linux distribution on it?

Hello.

5 months ago I've done probably one of my biggest mistakes; I bought a Satellite L650D - 12 p. To my horror, I discovered the inability of the computer to use, or even to install Linux any.

Since I bought it, I tried about 4 times a month, to install Linux, nothing helps. I tried searching through forums of Linux, tried several settings, etc. BIOS Insyde H2O L650D - just 12 p does not work with any distribution, the newest BIOS (which was released 6 months ago) doesn't make any difference either. ACPI is totally off, the DSDT tables are corrupt. Other people say ACPI general problems with Toshiba machines; It seems I'm not the only one.

This is how it is supposed to be? The customer is refused, the right to use the operating system he wishes to? We are forced to use only Microsoft products? Even Apple computers can install any other operating systems.

I thought that the age of the software forcing on people have long since disappeared. Alas, it isn't.

Hi Sylvestre,.

In General, you can install what you want on your laptop. Linux should also be possible, but there is no official support for Toshiba how to do this and there is no Linux drivers for this. If you want Linux, see a few external pages for advice and useful tips.

In addition, this could be an interesting document for you:
You know a useful site for Linux on PC support?

Alternative install Linux on a virtual machine. You can use VMware or Microsoft Virtual PC. Then you can install Linux and use it. :)

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