Acer Aspire One 722-0828

Introduction

The Acer Aspire One 722-0828 is a categorized as a netbook, but it is a beautiful little machine, inexpensive and with fairly good processing power. Installation of GNU/Linux (OpenSuse 11.4) on this little machine was fairly easy. The main sticking point was to get the wireless card to work without “freezing” the system.

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Specifications

Name	Aspire One 722 (AO722-0828)
Processor	AMD Dual-Core C-60 1.0GHz
Screen	11.6” HD Widescreen LCD display (1366 x 768)
RAM	4GB
HDD	500GB
Optical Drive	None
Graphics	ATI Radeon HD 6290
Network	802.11b/g/n - 10/100 LAN

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes	Comments
Screen	Yes	Comments
HDD	Yes	Comments
Optical Drive	N/A	Comments
Graphics	Yes	Comments
Sound	Yes	Comments
Ethernet	Yes	Comments
Wireless	Yes	Comments
Bluetooth	N/A	Comments
56K Modem	N/A	Comments
USB	Yes	Comments
Firewire	N/A	Comments
Card Reader	Yes/No/Partial/Not Tested	Comments
ExpressCard Slot	N/A	Comments
Camera	Yes	Comments

Installing openSUSE 11.4 x86-64 on Acer Aspire 722-0828:

Based on my experience with Acer Aspire 1551, I decided to go directly to
installing from external optical drive.

DVD install from external DVD drive:

Download DVD install image (openSUSE-11.4-DVD-x86_64.iso) from the
openSUSE download site. Boot onto DVD
and choose install, write acpi=off in the kernel option line. Follow
installation menu as per instructions in
Installation Help. After
installing all packages and writing some configuration files, the system will
ask to reboot.
I usually install the system with root password and without
automatic login. After rebooting and logging in I found that the wireless card
had not been detected, this was not a problem because I was connected via a
wired connection.
I brought the system up to date using yast and rebooted again.
Then I added extra repositories including:
- ATI
- Packman
- VideoLan
A new update installed a somewhat old proprietary ATI graphic driver.