Ubuntu 10.04
ASUS
X51L
Ubuntu 10.04
ASUS
X51L
Model: HP G62-435DX
Specs:
- AMD Turion II P540 processor
- 4 GB RAM
- ATI Radeon HD 4250
- 320 GB HD
OS: Dual boot-
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
- Ubuntu 10.10 (2.6.35-28-generic-pae)
Compatability: Everything seems to work "out of the box"
- Graphics, Visual Effects in Gnome on "Extra" (using ATI proprietary drivers)
- Webcam and microphone (tested with Skype, Cheese photo booth)
- Speakers, quality is "sound" (hehe)
- Touchpad works. Two-finger scrolling capability enabled by synaptics-dkms package.
- HDMI output: no hassle; plug and play (tested with AOC Envision TV)
- SD Card reader: flawless. Inserted 8GB card and could easily import photos using Shotwell's pop-up dialog.
- Keyboard: All good. Function key functionality is toggled in the BIOS (e.g. does Fn+F12 send F12 or toggle wifi radio)
- Hardware buttons: Brightness keys, sound keys, wifi toggle, and application shortcut keys all work.
Issues:
- Touchpad light-sensing on/off switch does not work
- Battery life is terrible. Doing normal web browsing with lowered LED brightness will drop the charge 50% in less than an hour. I haven't tested it in Windows 7 for comparison because I almost never boot into it. Although the gnome battery indicator always says "Laptop battery (estimating...)", the percentage can be found by clicking it and opening Power Statistics.
Conclusion:
After reading some of the headaches other HP G62 owners experienced using Ubuntu, I expected nothing to work. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this particular model (AMD/ATI) works almost like it was designed for Ubuntu. I will update this post as I gain more experience with the laptop and possibly discover hidden bugs.
Last edited by Anaqreon; March 24th, 2011 at 12:10 PM.
description: Portable Computer
product: Inspiron N5010
vendor: Dell Inc.
version: A08
serial: 1V9BXM1
width: 32 bits
Everything works except bluetooth. I had some issues with compiz and the integrated GPU, that caused my laptop to crash. This was solved by setting visual effects to 'none'.
Linux - not for popularity reasons, but for the love of the art.
version of ubuntu: 10.10 (maverick meerkat)
laptop maker: Samsung
laptop model: N150 Plus
ubuntu 10.10 works perfectly on Samsung N150 Plus with no problems during installation or usage.
you will have to install a Proprietary broadcom driver for enabling Wi-Fi connectivity.
Ubuntu 10.10
ASUS
Eee PC 1215T-MU10-BK
Everything works great!
i am a novice, also run ubuntu on an HP Pavilion dv6.
under preferences it shows 'monitor unknown' and only offers 800x600 resolution.
the screen allows 1366x768. i tried various xrandr commands, but cannot figure out how to get the better resolution to picked up by ubuntu.
please help
1) Kubuntu 8.04 LTS (i386), 9.04 (x86_64), 10.04.2 LTS (x86_64)
2) Dell
3) Inspiron 1525
- recurring wifi scanning/connection issues on 8.04-lts and 9.04, mostly resolved with hardy-backports and jaunty-backports..
- recurring suspend/resume issues on 8.04-lts and 9.04..
- Xorg stability/performance issues on 9.04..
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Compal NBLB2 laptop with Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit. Configured and sold as an "Enigma" by http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/
Everything works out of the box except the fingerprint reader. I am hoping to fix that by geeking around with thinkfinger and/or fprint. EDIT: Fprint cannot see the fingerprint scanner.
Had some strange mouse freezing issues at first, but they went away when I activated the proprietary graphics driver.
Last edited by dogscoff; March 24th, 2011 at 10:26 AM.
HP G60-445DX
Vista Home Premium SP-2 32-Bit
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M
AMD Turion Dual_Core RM-75 2.20 GHz
Ram 3.0 GB
Installed a new Western Digital 500 GB HDD. Installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
I normally do not make a swap or use hibernation, but, as more local people are asking of this feature, I made a 3 GB swap to test and showoff the hibernation, "Hoping" it went into hibernation and returned to my saved work. 8~P It worked!
Both suspend/hibernation return to a dimmed display and I have to increase birghtness, no problem there.
The fn keys all seem to work, use fn f7-8 for brightness, f9-12 control Rhythmbox.
Bluetooth works, I not really use, but, tested it. Can not say everything bluetooth work?
I installed Cheese as a quick and tested the WebCam, so, I assuming it works with most anything.
Open source windows programs I wanted, only a few, work in wine.
I am very pleased on this install for a Laptop and to say goodbye to "micro-headache winders".
I bought a Windows 7 OEM back whenever, and since all my Desktops and Laptops are Linux, I guess there nothing to install it on, LOL.
I never lie, but, what I say, may not always be true! Store Laptop; HP G60-445DX. Home_brew Desktop Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe,AMD64 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM. Others!
Hey
I own a Sony Vaio VGN-FW139e and Ubuntu works on the machine almost like a charm. The only setback is glitches with the double tap and tap dragging, which I guess I just have to get used to. Other than that it's working perfectly. No extra setup at all.
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