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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535
Introduction
This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535 laptop. If you have the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535 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 ThinkPad Edge E535. For a general discussion about this laptop you can visit the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535 page on LapWik.
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Specifications
For full specifications see the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535 specifications page.
| Name | Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535 |
| Processor | Up to AMD VISION Pro A10 Quad processor |
| Screen | 15.6” HD display (with anti-glare and glossy options) |
| RAM | Up to 16GB DDR3 |
| HDD | Up to 1TB HDD |
| Optical Drive | Integrated DVD reader/writer |
| Graphics | Optional AMD Radeon discrete graphics |
| Network | Unknown Unknown |
Linux Compatibility
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Graphics Chip | Works | With OSS driver no 3D Support, Cinnamon 2D works |
| VGA Out | Not Tested | |
| HDMI Out | Works | Works fine, sound ok |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Microphone | Not Tested | |
| Headphone Port | Not Tested | |
| Microphone-In Port | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | Very poor unless you install Broadcom BCM4313 driver from software center |
| Bluetooth | Works | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Doesn't Works | |
| Webcam | Works | |
| Keyboard | Works | |
| Fingerprint Reader | Not Tested | |
| Suspend/Resume | Works |
Notes
The wireless performance seems very poor, I get a lot of timeouts.
Install “bcmwl-kernel-source” (for Broadcom BCM4313) from software center to get wireless work. Bluetooth works with this driver, too (also if it doesn't look like in the first moment). Sucessfully paired two smartphones with the laptop and send a file via bluetooth.
In the moment (2. Apr. 2013) there is an issue with the Radeon HD graphic driver from AMD with xserve 1.13. AMD has a beta-driver (amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13.3-beta3-linux-x86.x86_64.zip) and hopfully a stable driver in the next weeks. Don't install xserve update (1.13) if you are using Catalyst 13.1 driver!
Battery and fan are not shown in the system information, but there is a fan control for IBM-Thinkpads in the software center. Just trying it in the next hours/days/weeks.
Summary
The poor wireless performance lets the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E535 down.
Works very fine here (Linux Mint 14 Nadia and some corrections).
Discussion
Card Reader works with RTS5229 driver from Realtek
http://www.realtek.com/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=15&PFid=25&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#2
should be in kernel since 3.8
I just bought one of these laptops and I have installed Linux Mint 14 Nadia on it. Everything appears to work great with the exception of the WiFi card. While I can get connection and am able to used the Internet it is weak at best. Any pages that have photos take excessive amounts of time to load and videos will not load at all.
The wired networking works great and everything else in the laptop appears to work great. I have a dual boot with the pre-installed Windows 7 and the WiFi works fine on Windows, which leads me to believe that it is a Linux driver issue.
Hi Baatezuu, Wifi works with properitair drivers (see above). Have Phun.