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 W3N laptop. The W3N is a powerful laptop which also has excellent Linux support.

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Specifications

Name	Asus W3N
Processor	Intel Pentium-M 2.0GHz
Screen	14" WXGA
RAM	512MB
HDD	80GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Network	10/100/1000 Ethernet, Intel 2200 802.11g Wireless
Other	3 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes
Screen	Yes
Optical Drive	Yes
Graphics	Yes
Sound	Yes	Use the snd-intel8x0 driver
Ethernet	Yes
Wireless	Yes	Use the ipw2200 driver
56K Modem	Not Tested
USB	Yes
Firewire	Not Tested
SD Card Reader	Not Tested
PCMCIA	Not Tested

Notes

For the Radeon 9700 to function you can use either the open source radeon driver or ATI's fglrx driver. Our installation instructions for the fglrx driver can be found Configuring an ATI graphics here.

Related Resources

Preparing your laptop for Linux
Configuring an ATI graphics chip
Increasing battery life

Summary

There were no issues at all with installing and using Linux on the Asus W3N notebook. Installation was very straight forward and everything was autodetected and configured properly.


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