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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><font size="-1">Hi all,</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;">So I made the move and bought it. Here are my
findings:<br>
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style="font-size: 13px;"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Maker + Model:</b> Acer 5738ZG. That's a
little upgraded in comparison to the original model suggested - with
4GB RAM and NVIDIA GPU. The rest of the specs are the same.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><small><b>Distro
Installed: </b>Ubuntu 9.04, amd64.<b><br>
</b></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><small><b>Wifi:</b>
worked out of the box (atheros).</small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Touchpad:</b> Worked out of the box, but
disabling it and then trying to enable it - it is not enabled, until X
(or was it machine?) restart. Anybody got a link for a solution?<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Card Reader:</b> Worked out of the box, at
least with SD card (didn't try other types).<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;"><b>X: </b>This laptop model is equipped with
NVIDIA G105M chipset. I didn't work out of the box: ubuntu installed
its latest nvidia drivers but those were too old to know this card.
When vesa or some other default driver was used, X run, but not in
optimal resolution and no acceleration. I battled it too much
apparently and all you need to do is install the latest drivers from
nvidia (185), skipping the ubuntu repos driver, and use a nice(?)
xorg.conf I've found on the web (for laptops with my GPU/screen specs).<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Power management:</b> with the nvidia
driver mentioned above used, power management worked perfectly. I
configured my laptop to do as I wish upon lead closing (for AC/battery)
and it works smoothly. CPU Scaling was also perfectly supported.<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Bluetooth? </b>not on this model. just
ordered a tiny BT USB dongle. Hope that it works... .<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><small><b>WebCam:</b>
not working out of the box. Haven't really tried setting it up yet. </small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;"><b>Sound:</b> worked out of the box.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><span
style="font-size: 13px;">Anything else? </span></b><span
style="font-size: 13px;">mail me for questions... .<br>
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style="font-size: 13px;"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><span
style="font-size: 13px;">Boaz.</span><br>
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Boaz Rymland wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><font
face="sans-serif">Hi
all,</font></p>
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face="sans-serif"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><font
face="sans-serif">Can
anyone provide feedback on the following Acer laptop, or any other Acer
Linux based laptops? (Interestingly, searching for "linux" word in
laptop section in zap.co.il shows almost exclusively only Acer results:
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://zap.co.il/models.aspx?sog=C-PCLaptop&keyword=linux">http://zap.co.il/models.aspx?sog=C-PCLaptop&keyword=linux</a>).
In
specific - how well all hardware goodies work in linux - power
management/scaling, wifi, bluetooth, card reader, X, etc etc...<br>
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face="sans-serif"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;"><font
face="sans-serif">The
model is <b>Acer Aspire AS5738Z-422G25MN</b>. It comes with </font><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Intel Dual Core T4200 and </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Intel GMA 4500.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Thanks,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Boaz.<br>
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