Lenovo IdeaPad Z370

Author

Coach

I have installed Centos 6.2 and LMDE (July 2012) on this laptop and both work completely. I'll write a better guide soon and come back to update this page. I have the Intel Core i5 version.

Introduction

This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Lenovo IdeaPad Z370 laptop. If you have the Lenovo IdeaPad Z370 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.

This page is just for discussing using Linux on the Lenovo IdeaPad Z370. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Lenovo IdeaPad Z370 page on LapWik.

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Specifications

For full specifications see the Lenovo IdeaPad Z370 specifications page.

Name	Lenovo IdeaPad Z370
Processor	Intel Celeron B800 processor (dual-core, 1.50GHz, 2MB cache), Intel Core i3-2310M processor (dual-core, 2.10GHz, 3MB cache), Intel Core i3-2330M processor (dual-core, 2.20GHz, 3MB cache), Intel Core i5-2410M processor (dual-core, 2.30GHz, 3MB cache),
Screen	13.3” 1366×768 Widescreen
RAM	Up to 8GB
HDD	Up to 500GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000
Network	10/100 Ethernet Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000, 1×2 11b/g/n wireless Broadcom or Atheros chip, 1×1, 11b/g/n wireless

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	OK
Screen	OK
HDD	OK
Optical Drive	OK
Graphics Chip	OK
VGA Out	OK
HDMI Out	OK - not tried sound yet
Sound	OK
Bulti-in Microphone	OK
Headphone Jack	OK
Microphone Jack	Not Tested
Ethernet	OK
Wireless	OK
Bluetooth	Not Tested
USB	OK
ESATA	Not Tested
Card Reader	Not Tested
Webcam	OK
Touch Pad	OK
Suspend/Resume	Not Tested