This tutorial shows how to install Linux Mint on the Sony Vaio P (VGN-P21Z) netbook. It took a while to find a distro that boots, supports the GMA500 (poulsbo) chipset, has some multimedia capability and the best: is debian based! Ubuntu 10.10 did not even boot, Jolicloud needed a trick to start by tricking the RAM size still did not support the 3G modem, did not read any SD or MemoryStick cards i
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