Laptop COMPATIBILITY List.

[Kayden]

Ubuntu Version: 12.04 LTS (64-bit)
Laptop Maker: Toshiba
Laptop Model: Satellite L655D-S5145

Everything, including wireless, seems to work out-of-the-box!

[jakobb]

in my previous post about:

lenovo T430
i7
NVIDIA graphics

I promised to check how native support was for hdmi support ...

Yes, please do!

The display port is not working out of the box, but on the other hand .. it wasn't either on the OEM version of win7

everything runs smooth, after minor temperature fix: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2014269

[azangru]

The display port is not working out of the box, but on the other hand .. it wasn't either on the OEM version of win7

Amazing. So it doesn't work at all or did you eventually manage to make it work?

P.S.: And what about the battery life?

[thotz]

Laptop: Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E530

Everything works out of the box. No problems so far with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

The big advantage of this laptop is, that it is sold _without_ Windows 7 and this makes the price cheap though it is a rather robust laptop.

[Psycopatologic]

Ubuntu Version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bits
Laptop Maker: HP
Laptop Model: Pavilion dm1-3260LA

Touchpad right click issues, Wifi randomly crashes, combo jack (headphones/mic) not properly supported and sometimes Ubuntu crashes for no reason. In overall works great, but there's just little info to workaround thos issues.

[Random20210831]

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit
Manufacturer: Lenovo
Model: 3000 N500

All works perfectly!

[drewdle]

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32bit (Xubuntu variant)
Manufacturer: Lenovo
Model: T61 (6457)

Wireless works out of box (Centrino vPro based). Middle button scroll works. Function keys and volume keys all work. Nvidia NVS140M works with Current drivers. System runs hot and drains battery quickly unless you add

pcie_aspm=force

flag to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in Grub.

Runs cool and stable otherwise. Glad to see some peoples reporting on the T430 as that's likely to be the machine that replaces my old workhorse.

[xmastree]

Ubuntu Version: 12.04 LTS (32-bit)
Laptop Maker: Sony
Laptop Model: Vaio VPCEJ-3T1E

Works out-of-the-box although I haven't tried the webcam yet.
Wireless worked fine during setup.

[mörgæs]

Asus A6U / A6000 series


Everything except the webcam works well with Lubuntu 12.04.

Installation should be done using wired internet access, and updates should be applied first time they are offered, else the system is unstable.

After a reboot it's time to get the wirefree working. The command

lspci -vvnn | grep 14e4

shows the name of the controller ( most likely BCM4318 ). If you have this one, the command

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

installs all necessary drivers.

[ShodanjoDM]

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 64bit
Manufacturer: Lenovo
Model: Thinkpad Edge E330
Specification: i3-2330M, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, GbE NIC, WiFi, Bluetooth, VGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 610M 1GB, Camera, 13.3".

Installation steps:
1. Using Live USB, boot into live session.
2. Format hard drive as GPT using gparted.
3. Allocate a small partition (35-40mb) to be used as EFI partition.
4. Proceed to install either using the rest of the drive as Ubuntu partition or by making other partitions to separate between root/system and home, for example.

What works "out of the box": Wifi, bluetooth, webcam, card reader, most of the special keys (Fn+F1-12, volume, playback & brightness controls) sound (speaker, headphone & built in microphone), touchpad & trackpoint.

What's not: NVidia card not detected. Need to install bumblebee and NVidia driver (bumblebee & x-swat ppa) to make it works properly.