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 Asus C90S laptop.

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Specifications

Name	Asus C90S
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13Ghz
Screen	15.4" WSXGA+ Widescreen
RAM	2GB
HDD	250GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	NVIDIA Geforce 8600M
Network	Ethernet, Intel 3945 802.11abg

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes
Screen	Yes
HDD	Yes
Optical Drive	Yes
Graphics	Yes
Sound	Yes
Ethernet	Yes
Wireless	Yes	Use the iwl3945 driver
Modem	Not Tested
USB	Yes
Firewire	Not Tested
Card Reader	Not Tested
ExpressCard Slot	Not Tested
Webcam	Not Tested
Tv Tuner	Not Tested

Notes

The C90S includes the NVIDIA Geforce 8600M which is currently not supported with the open source 'nv' driver from Xorg. To get the display working you will need to install the proprietary drivers from NVIDIA.

Some hardware in this system requires kernel version 2.6.22 or later. Ubuntu 7.10 work well with this laptop as it already includes both this kernel as well as the proprietary nvidia driver.

Summary

It wasn't difficult at all installing Linux on the Asus C90S. You will need to manually install the proprietary driver in some Linux distributions (eg. Fedora 8) but that isn't too difficult.


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