This is a compatibilty guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire 1830 TimelineX laptop.
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| Name | Acer Aspire 1830 TimelineX |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5-430UM Mobile Processor (3MB Intel® Smart Cache, 1.2GHz) Intel® Core™ i3-330UM Mobile Processor (3MB Intel® Smart Cache, 1.2GHz) |
| Screen | 11.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 802.11b/g/n or Broadcom Wireless |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Not Tested | |
| Screen | Not Tested | |
| HDD | Not Tested | |
| Graphics | Not Tested | |
| Sound | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Partial | The ethernet controller doesn't work with current Linux distributions but support will be added for Ubuntu 10.04. It may work with Fedora 13 but that wasn't tested. |
| Wireless | Works | The Intel wireless controller works just fine. For the Broadcom controller in Ubuntu you need to activate it via the Hardware Drivers program. |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Works |
Laptop was tested with Ubuntu 10.04.
The Acer Aspire 1830 TimelineX at the moment doesn't have the best hardware support for Linux but this should all be fixed in Ubuntu 10.10, Fedora 14 and other newer Linux distributions.
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