This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire One 721 laptop. If you have the Acer Aspire One 721 and are running Linux on it please consider editing this page or adding a comment below with your compatibility details. By contributing you will help other people running this laptop or trying to make a decision on whether to buy it or not.
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For full specifications see the Acer Aspire One 721 specifications page.
Name | Acer Aspire One 721 |
Processor | AMD Athlon II Neo K125 1.70 GHz |
Screen | 11.1“ WXGA Widescreen |
RAM | Up to 4GB |
HDD | up to 250GB |
Optical Drive | None |
Graphics | ATI Radeon HD 4225 |
Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet IEEE 802.11b/g/n |
Device | Compatibility | Comments |
---|---|---|
Processor | Works | |
Screen | Works | |
HDD | Works | |
Graphics | Works | |
Sound | Works | |
Ethernet | Works | |
Wireless | Works | See notes |
USB | Works | |
Card Reader | Works | Tested with Mageia 7 |
Webcam | Works |
Tested with Ubuntu 12.10
To get wireless to work you will need to add the following line into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:
blacklist acer_wmi
After a little bit of fiddling with the wireless the Acer Aspire One 721 works well with Ubuntu 12.10.