This is a guide to running Linux with the Acer Aspire 5551G laptop.
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| Name | Acer Aspire 5551G |
| Processor | AMD Turion™ II Dual-Core Mobile Processor P520 2.3GHz AMD Athlon™ II Dual-Core Processor P320 2.10GHz |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW Blu-ray |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon™ HD 5470 graphics ATI Radeon™ HD 5650 graphics |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Acer InviLink™ Nplify™ 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Works | |
| Screen | Works | |
| HDD | Works | |
| Optical Drive | Works | |
| Graphics | Problems depending on kernel ver. | |
| Sound | Works | |
| Ethernet | Works | |
| Wireless | Works Great | |
| USB | Works | |
| Card Reader | Works | |
| Webcam | Works |
For now there aren't any drivers for the graphics for kernel above 2.6.x.
Tried to install the drivers which I found on the AMD site but without any positiv result.
Although, works just fine with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (the best Linux I was able to test on this machine)
You can enter a summary of how well the Acer Aspire 5551G works with Linux here.
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