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Acer Aspire S3-391
Introduction
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Linux Mint 14 (64 bit) with kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic was used for testing.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Acer Aspire S3-391 specifications page.
| Name | Acer Aspire S3-391 |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-3517U processor (4 MB L3 cache, 1.90 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.0 GHz) Intel Core i5-3317U processor (3 MB L3 cache, 1.70 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.60 GHz) Intel Core i5-2467M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 1.60 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.30 GHz) Intel Core i3-2367M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 1.40 GHz, DDR3 1333 MHz) |
| Screen | 13.3” HD 1366 x 768 resolution, high-brightness (200-nit) Acer CineCrystal LED-backlit TFT LCD |
| RAM | Up to 4 GB |
| HDD | 320/500 GB |
| Optical Drive | No |
| Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics 3000 |
| Network | No Acer InviLink Nplify 802.11b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Working | Moderate heat |
| Screen | Working | Full resolution, no brightness controls |
| HDD | Working | Installed on HDD, not SSD. |
| Graphics Chip | Working | |
| VGA Out | Working | |
| HDMI Out | Working | |
| Sound | Working | |
| Microphone | Working | |
| Headphone Port | Working | |
| Microphone-In Port | Working | |
| Wireless | Working | |
| Bluetooth | Working | |
| USB | Working | Full 3.0 support |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Working | |
| Keyboard | Working | |
| TouchPad | Working | 2 finger tap/scroll works |
| Suspend/Resume | Working |
Notes
This model has an SSD and an HDD. You must disable UEFI mode in the bios and enable legacy bios for this to work properly. This test was performed on a dual boot machine with Windows 8 on the SSD and Linux Mint on the HDD. Boot loader is installed to the SSD. Windows 8 must be reinstalled after setting bios to legacy, original installs done in UEFI mode do not work due to bootloader issues.
Linux Mint 14 is the best release, earlier versions had issues. Ubuntu 12.10 had severe wireless issues with this laptop, these do not present in LM 14.
Be sure to set the power settings, by default the laptop will not hibernate when the lid is closed, this kills the battery. Turn off bluetooth if you do not use it to increase battery life.
Screen brightness controls do not work properly. There is a work around available online.
Summary
Overall this is a great laptop for Linux. Looks great, fast, does not overheat and battery life is decent to good.
Discussion
dont seem to be able to get hardware acceleration working in fedora 18.
cpu is doing all the work and causing poor graphics performance.
follow instructions http://www.linlap.com/acer_aspire_s3
for brightness controls
bluetooth not working with mint
I've tested in archlinux. Works relatively fine with kernel 2.6+. It have several problems with X server, but can be fixed. Wireless only works correctly with the latest version of compat-wireless, but I don't recommend to install debian in this laptop, because I had to solve dependences manually.
Works with:
- Ubuntu
- Archlinux (Unstable)
- Debian
- Other distributions based on debian
Regards!