MSI X-Slim X410

This is a guide to running Linux with the MSI X-Slim X410 laptop. If you have the MSI X-Slim X410 and are wanting to run Linux on it you've came to the right place!.

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When first installing Ubuntu the drivers get pretty much covered by the driver installation process that begins when first start up the only thing I needed to really do is get the wireless driver working manually. To get the wireless working With the MSI X410 you need to know what wireless card it has you can find it out by typing this in to terminal.

lspci

and the last line should say something like

03:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

so for my example mines is RT3090! so I copied that and went to

Menu > System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager

and typed in the quick search “RT3090” and bam top one driver for my MSI X410 install that and done and another thing I done to make it run smoother is install Wicd network manager to install this go to Menu > Ubuntu software centre and in the top right type in the search “Wicd” and at the time of publishing it was the second on the list! install that

and then go to

system > preferences > start-up applications

and un-select network manager and close and save if prompted now you will be able to search for wireless networks and join! YAY! but now that your not using the default network manager fire fox will start up in “work offline mode” every time you start fire fox to change that open up terminal and type
gksudo nautilus and search for Firefox prefs mines is under

File system > ETC > Firefox (one inside ETC. directory just press f and it will go straight to fire fox) > Pref

and the JS file named Firefox.js open with gedit or just double click it Where it says

Enable the NetworkManager integration
pref(“toolkit.networkmanager.disable”, false);

Change it to


Enable the NetworkManager integration
pref(“toolkit.networkmanager.disable”, true);
and bingo done now just restart boot in to Linux and DONE!

Now to get it looking most like OSX (macintosh) use this
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Macbuntu+10.04?content=129021
( download link is at the bottom of the article)
any more help needed comment or send me a message!

all in all I don't really notice a difference performance wise between pre-installed windows and Ubuntu and this a lot easier that hackintosh runs smoother than windows and there is more Linux people willing to help with problems and your part of something when using Linux! Also to get windows programs running on Ubuntu go to Here http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/05/18/how-to-install-windows-programs-in-linux-using-wine/