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 Fujitsu Amilo A1630 laptop. The Amilo is a range of laptops from Fujitsu with AMD processors included, in the case of the A1630 it includes a AMD Athlon64 processor.

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Specifications

Name	Fujitsu Amilo A1630
Processor	AMD Athlon64 3400+
Screen	15.4" WXGA
RAM	512MB
HDD	80GB
Optical Drive	DVD+-RW
Graphics	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Network	10/100 Ethernet, Ralink RT2500 802.11g Wireless
Other	3 x USB2.0, 1 x Firewire

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes
Screen	Yes
HDD	Yes
Optical Drive	Yes
Graphics	Yes
Sound	Yes	Use the snd-intel8x0 driver
Ethernet	Yes
Wireless	Yes	Use the rt2500 driver
56K Modem	Not Tested
USB	Yes
Firewire	Not Tested
SD Card Reader	Not Tested
PCMCIA	Not Tested

Notes

Either the open source radeon driver or ATI's proprietary fglrx driver can be used with the ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 found in the Amilo A1630.

The Realtek rt2500 driver is not included with the kernel so you may need to download and compile this driver manually. Some distributions, like Mandriva 2007, include this driver already.

Related Resources

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

Summary

The installation of Linux on the Fujitsu Amilo A1630 can be a little difficult depending on the Linux distribution used. Mandriva is easy because it includes all the required drivers whereas Fedora is tricker because it lacks the rt2500 driver.


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