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Asus K45VD
Introduction
Well, i bought this laptop with a pre-installed windows 8 OS, i liked it from the beggining, but i always wanted to try linux (mainly ubuntu) so i decided to download it and install it.
At the beggining it was hard as f**k to install because the laptop uses EFI Firmware, but after some hours i made it, and i just started to try it out.
Sadly, you can't say any special thing about ubuntu on the K45VD, it just run as always, i mean, there's no special thing here over ubuntu on another laptops, it's not great, is just the common Ubuntu running on a common laptop [which is frustrating after my meeting with the Asus Smart Gesture on Windows 8]
Specifications
For full specifications see the Asus K45VD specifications page.
| Name | Asus K45VD |
| Processor | Intel Core i5 3210M Processor |
| Screen | 14.0” HD/GL/LED (1366×768) LED Backlight |
| RAM | 6 Gb DDR3 800 Mhz |
| HDD | 750GB 5400rpm |
| Optical Drive | Super-Multi DVD |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 610M |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Base T Integrated 802.11 b/g/n |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Okay | |
| Screen | Excellent | |
| VGA Out | Not Tested | |
| HDMI Out | Not Tested | |
| Optical Drive | Okay | |
| Sound | Okay | |
| Microphone | Not Tested | |
| Headphone Port | Excellent | |
| Microphone-In Port | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Not Tested | |
| Wireless | Excellent | |
| Bluetooth | Okay | |
| USB | Excellent | |
| Firewire | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Tested | |
| Keyboard | Okay | |
| TouchPad | Okay | |
| Suspend/Resume | Not Tested |
Notes
Note that this reference of Asus Laptop is not made to run with Linux, still it is good for that.
Summary
As i already said, it works like a common laptop, but something awesome is that have fully controller support, is ready to work.
Discussion
Which Ubuntu version did you install 32 or 64 bit?
Cheers