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| Name | Acer Aspire 5820 TimelineX |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5-450M Mobile Processor (3MB Intel® Smart Cache, 2.4GHz) Intel® Core™ i3-350M Mobile Processor (3MB Intel® Smart Cache, 2.26GHz) |
| Screen | 15.6” (1366×768) Widescreen |
| RAM | Up to 8GB |
| HDD | up to 500GB |
| Optical Drive | DVD+-RW |
| Graphics | Intel® HD Graphics |
| Network | 10/100/1000 Ethernet Acer® InviLink Nplify network connection supporting 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Not Tested | |
| Screen | Not Tested | |
| HDD | Not Tested | |
| Optical Drive | Not Tested | |
| Graphics | Not Tested | |
| Sound | Not Tested | |
| Ethernet | Not Tested | |
| Wireless | Not Tested | |
| Bluetooth | Not Tested | |
| Modem | Not Tested | |
| USB | Not Tested | |
| Card Reader | Not Tested | |
| Webcam | Not Tested |
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Discussion
all works, except of the fglrx-driver. You have to use the oss-alternative (radeon, intel and switcheroo)