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KUbuntu 12.04.1 LTS 64 bit
ASUS
Toshiba C870-18N
Working well with one exception: WLAN doesn't work out of the box.
The internal wireless card is reported as rtl8723e. To make it work, you have to hunt the Realtek website and install the drivers.
These are limited to Linux [2.6 - 3.2] (3.2 is used on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS).
Unless you find another way, you will have to re-install the drivers every time you update the kernel. You can also disable kernel updates by "locking package version" of the "linux-image" package with synaptic, muon, "dpkg --set-selections", "aptitude hold", etc.
If you get "Hard blocked: Yes" with "rfkill list", press "Fn + F12" (wireless key). This turns hard blocking off.
DO NOT INSTALL compat-wireless on your own but use the one "provided" by Realtek.
USEFUL INFO
I lost 20 minutes looking into the manual (not provided by ASUS, not even on their website) to find it out:
To make the boot menu appear, press F12 *repeatedly*.
Computer setup (which would be wrongly named "BIOS setup" these days) will launch if you press F2 repeatedly.
Re: Laptop COMPATIBILITY List.
KUbuntu 12.10 64-bit
ASUS
N56VZ
Most components work fine.
I had to hunt down to get keyboard backlighting to work.
Screen brightness keys F3 and F4 don't work but brightness can be adjusted on the system out of the box. I simply chose another keyboard shortcut to do it. Other multimedia keys work fine.
As with many laptops, boot-repair was needed.
Some USB periphereals (already found 2: ScanSnap S1500 and another one) don't work because of broken DSDT. "ACPI Exception: ...AML_PACKAGE_LIMIT... beyond end of object" is reported by dmesg.
Sometimes it looses info about battery and fan control is disabled (mostly after waking up from sleep).
I noticed sleep (suspend-to-ram) drains the battery. After 1 or 2 days it's empty.
HDMI output does not work due to Optimus, even with bumblebee.
(I suppose it's the same with VGA, althrough I didn't test it.)
Even on pre-installed Windows 7 HDMI audio doesn't work 8/10 times...
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Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit
Toshiba
Satellite P845-S4200
Function keys don't all work. Volume works fine, but the mute button causes issues. Brightness, wifi antenna, touchpad, all don't work and only seem to put the laptop into sleep mode. The button on the touchpad for disable doesn't work either. Had to install touchpad-indicator.
Everything else works great out of the box.
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Lenovo G580-Intel i5/Intel Graphics
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit
BCM 4313 Wireless functional
Atheros Ethernet-Dead on update. Fix here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2041219
Brightness controls: Dead on update. Fix here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12279200
Great laptop. Ubuntu 12.04 runs great, suspend, audio, camera, microphone, Skype, everything is blazing fast. Hope this saves somebody some time!
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Ubuntu 12.10 64bit
Lenovo
P500 59347559 this one
Everything works. No issues so far.
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Lenovo Thinkpad E130 3358 Intel core i3 1.8GHz.
Ubuntu 12.10, everything seems to work out of the box.
Can definitely recommend it.
Please contact me if you have questions.
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Samsung NP305V5A-A05DX
Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 - Both 32 and 64 bit
4 in 1 Card Reader fully works
HDMI works
VGA works
Both Jack ports work
All 3 USB 2.0 ports
DVD drive works
Ethernet port works
Wireless works
Bluetooth works
Specs:
AMD A8-3530MX with AMD Radeon HD6220G integrated graphics
8GB DDR3 RAM
750GB Hard Drive
Super Multi Dual Layer DVD Driver
1Gb Wired Ethernet
802,11 bgn (1X1) and Bluetooth 3.0
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Dell Inspiron N5110 15.6"
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz
6GB DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
2nd Gen Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
Centrino Wireless-N 1030
6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
SAMSUNG HM641JI 596GiB (640GB)
DVD+-RW GT32N
Sanyo Lithium Ion Battery
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS x32 over encrypted LVM
Everything I've tested has worked great out of the gate, except the Alps touchpad. It was initially detected as a PS2 mouse. It worked, but could not be configured at all. After the fix below, and a little tweaking of the settings, it works beautifully - including 2 finger scroll and disable during typing: http://askubuntu.com/questions/11981.../199587#199587
I've been hitting the system pretty hard for about 4 days and so far I am thrilled to have a newer Ubuntu compatible laptop.
:D:D:D
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1)Version Of Ubuntu
12.04
2)Laptop Maker
HP
3)Laptop Model
Pavilion DV6-3230us
dual boot with W7 works perfect.
tip: HP uses all four available hd partitions as follows --operating system partition, backup operating system partition, HP Tools partition, user partition-- you will have to remove at least one to dual boot with Ubuntu. I removed the backup partition, resized it, and installed Ubuntu there. This laptop has a fingerprint scanner that isn't compatible with Linux, or W8 for that matter :KS