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Acer Aspire 5517
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire 5517 laptop.
This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Acer Aspire 5517. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Acer Aspire 5517 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer Aspire 5517 specifications page.
| Name | Acer Aspire 5517 |
| Processor | AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-42 (1MB L2 cache, 1.60GHz) AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor L310 (1MB L2 cache 1.20GHz) AMD Athlon™ 64 Single-Core Processor TF-20 (512KB L2 cache, 1.60GHz) |
| Screen | 15.6“ (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | up to 320GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 graphics ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1200 |
| Network | 10/100 Ethernet Acer® InviLink Nplify 802.11b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | You can install the fglrx drivers if you want 3D. |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | In Ubuntu 10.04 you need to activate these drivers from within the “Hardware Drivers” program |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Works | |
| Webcam | Works |
Notes
This laptop was tested with the 64bit version of Ubuntu 10.04
Summary
The Acer Aspire 5517 works just fine with Ubuntu 10.04, no real problem to report at all.
acer_aspire_5517.txt · Last modified: 2017/09/09 23:09 by don
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