This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which drivers you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required drivers have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.

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Introduction

This is a guide to running Linux with the Acer Extensa 5620 laptop.

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Specifications

Name	Acer Extensa 5620
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5GHz
Screen	15.4" WXGA Widescreen
RAM	1GB
HDD	120GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Network	Ethernet, Intel 4965 802.11abgn

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes
Screen	Yes
HDD	Yes
Optical Drive	Yes
Graphics	Yes
Sound	Yes	See notes
Ethernet	Yes
Wireless	Yes	Use the iwl4965 driver
Modem	Not Tested
USB	Yes
Firewire	Not Tested
Card Reader	Not Tested
ExpressCard Slot	Not Tested
PCMCIA	Not Tested

Notes

The microphone does not seem to function properly at the moment. Hopefully an ALSA update will fix this issue.

An up to date distribution is required to get much of the hardware in this laptop working properly. Ubuntu 7.10, Fedora 8 and other distributions release around this time should support the Extensa 5620 just fine.

Summary

The Acer Extensa 5620 works just fine under Linux. As long as a recent Linux distribution is used you shouldn't have any problems at all.


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