This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire 5551 laptop.
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| Name | Acer Aspire 5551 |
| Processor | AMD Phenom™ II triple-core mobile processor N830, AMD Turion™ II dual-core mobile processor P520/N530, AMD Athlon™ II dual-core processor P320/N330 |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 4GB upgradeable to 8 GB using two soDIMM modules |
| HDD | 320GB to 640GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blu-ray |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon™ HD 4250, ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650, ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Works | To allow saving screen brightness install catalyst 10.6 or later |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Touchpad | Works | |
| Webcam | Works |
Ubuntu Linux 10.04 x86_64 worked out of the box on Acer Aspire 5551.
After installing latest Catalyst drivers version 10.6 from ubuntu edgers repository, screen brightness has ability to save its state. Lm-sensors works out of the box but shows only CPU temperatures to show GPU temperatures install latest k10temp module from lm-sensors site(this is needed only on pre 2.6.33 kernels). I recommend this laptop for every Linux users looking for fully compatible Linux laptop.
Discussion
Card Reader works on Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy with kernel 3.0.1