To Viktor and others wanting to run Linux on computers and needing help with the Intel GMA-3500, Intel GMA-3600, Intel GMA-3650 graphics chips, or similar.
First don't blame Intel. It didn't create the drivers. It licensed them from PowerVr and probably doesn't have the right to modify them to run under Linux. It is probably as disappointed with them as you are. If PowerVr is still in business, it probably doesn't care about Linux users. Linux users consist of large business which employ Linux in their servers which do not use the problem chips, and millions of "fans" who, from a business view-point, constitute an "after-market:" installing software into computers sold with a Windows operating system.
But since Linux is "open source" those who use it to develop operating systems and the applications which run under them are not constrained by a software license pertinent only to drivers which work under Windows. Linux Devs are free to build the kernels and drivers for any hardware so long as in doing so they do not violate patents on existing drivers.
Shortly after the computers using these chips reached market, Ubuntu --then working on its Precise Pangolin model-- did just that. As a result, derivatives and off-shoots such as Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Zorin, Mint and Pinguy, which based their systems on the Precise Pangolin kernel and binaries were able to fully run computers using those chips. Unfortunately, that was two years ago. New kernels have been created, and, as far as I know, Ubuntu hasn't developed the drivers for its current model, Raring Ringtail. This is not because the new kernels can not support the chips. Currently, Puppy Linux has one "derivative" using a recent current and Ubuntu Raring binaries which fully supports computers employing the chips. It also has at least two "derivatives" using a recent kernel and Ubuntu Precise binaries, and at least two "derivatives" using a recent kernel and Slackware binaries, all of which fully support computers using those chips.
Puppy Linux can be run from a USB-Key, a CD/DVD or installed "frugally" onto the same hard-drive as Windows. It does not require its own drive or partition [although there are benefits to be had in resizing the ntfs formated partition so as to make room to create a Linux Ext partition]. It comes with Grub4Dos which will automatically create boot options for Windows and any Linux operating system. It designed to run on old-resource-poor computers. Consequently, it flies on modern equipment. For further information, links to the ISOs which work with these chips, and links to further resources, see Puppy Linux Discussion Forum :: View topic - Puppy On Laptops and the couple of posts which follow it.
Mike Kessler