So i got a tx2000z not too long ago, ordered it the day it came out. At first I wanted to throw it out the window but now I have gotten it to work just fine with Linux after about a month of working on it.

Here is what I had problems with:
-Audio (Headphone jack didn't work)
-Wireless
-Lightscribe
-Wacom
-Fingerprint Reader

And now all works (except wacom).

I couldn't for the life of me get Gutsy Gibbon to work so I took a chance and tried the Alpha 5 version of Hardy Heron. Though it is an alpha, for the most part it is pretty steady. You have to do some upgrades at first but it works. You can get the iso at
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/h...sktop-i386.iso

Now you are installed. let's get working on the sound.

This is a really simple fix. Go to your terminal and type:
Code:
 sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
and at the end add "options snd-hda-intel model=hp" to the bottom of the file and save it. Now type:
Code:
 sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
Now your sound should work.

WIRELESS
Ndiswrapper is your best bet here. In synaptic and install ndiswrapper-common, ndiswrapper-utils-1.9, and cabextract. Those will help. Now I have tried a lot of drivers and this one gave me the best luck:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/fi...oad/24001.html

In the terminal navigate to the file you downloaded the file to and type:
Code:
 sudo cabextract sp34152.exe
sudo ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
and you will want to do a "sudo gedit /etc/modules" and add ndiswrapper to the end of it. That will make ndiswrapper open on boot.
That's Wireless.

Fingerprint Reader:
just use this site. Everything I tell you will be verbatim to it.
http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page
download the files, there are some dependencies you may have to get from synaptic.

Lightscribe:
Go to these sites to install lightscribe utility and drivers.
http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadS...nux/index.aspx
--You just need the system software and simple labeler --
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10803
-- third party labeler for lightscribe --

Webcam:
http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/
That sight has all you need.

WACOM
Bad news guys, at this time linuxwacom doesn't support our type of Tablet PCs. Let me explain. Older tablet PCs with Wacom active digitizers used to be ported to the serial port. Newer ones are ported to the usb (use "lsusb" code to see for yourself) and linuxwacom doesn't yet support tablet PCs with their wacom mapped to their USB port.
"Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
tells the driver to dialog with the tablet the Tablet PC
way. Right now we only support serial Tablet PC. It is a
special Wacom IV protocol, called ISDV4 protocol. This
option is mandatory for Tablet PC."

However the news isn't all bad. I read the development pages and they are working on it.

Synaptics:
Code:
 sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Once you do that upgrade after installing Alpha 5, it should start working (or at least it did for me). The newer kernel (2.6.24-10-generic) works really well.
You can also install gsynaptics and configure it with a nice gui.

NVIDIA
install nvidia-glx-new from synaptic, it'll work fine.

Screen Rotation:
These tutorials helped me.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2
http://intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html

and also make sure xrandr is installed (Synaptic)

OKAY
So ya, that is what i did. Sorry if it's not too detailed but that is what I did in a nutshell. Everything seems to work. Feel free to ask me if you have questions or comments. If anyone has any advice regarding this, I am willing to listen. Thanks all.