This is a compatibility guide to running Linux with the Lenovo IdeaPad S10e laptop.
This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which modules you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required modules have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.
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| Name | Lenovo IdeaPad S10e |
| Processor | Intel Atom 1.6Ghz |
| Screen | 10.1” WSVGA Widescreen (1024×576) |
| RAM | 1 GB (Windowsversion), 1.5 GB Linux Version |
| HDD | 160GB |
| Optical Drive | None |
| Graphics | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 |
| Network | Ethernet, 802.11bg, Bluetooth |
| Device | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | Shows up as 2 CPUs due to HyperThreading. |
| Screen | Yes | |
| HDD | Yes | |
| Graphics | Yes | Works better with desktop effects turned on |
| Sound | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Yes | |
| Wireless | Yes | Ubuntu updater offers “restricted drivers” for the Broadcomm chipset. I'm not sure what the difference is between those and the standard drivers. |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Found and connected to a Nokia N95 and used it as modem. |
| USB | Yes | |
| Card Reader | Yes | |
| ExpressCard Slot | Not Tested | |
| Camera | Yes | |
| Webcam | Yes | (Must be used with V4L2 enabled programs such as “cheese”) |
| Microphone | No | Does not appear to work with 8.10 out of the box. Does work now with kernel 2.6.31 (9.10) onwards |
The Lenovo IdeaPad S10e works well with Ubuntu 8.10 and should work fine with other modern distributions as well.
Discussion
I would love to know who offers up a linux based site, and yet doesn't know what 'restricted' drivers might be…… for those not in the know, it means they are not open source, ie proprietary and therefore not fitting with the ethos of GNU/linux. You'll have to wrestle with your conscience about whether or not to use them…
Ubuntu 9.04 worked right out of the box. I'm now using Ubuntu 9.10 and it's a delight to use.
Everything works!!!
Works very well with Easy Peasy 1.5. I had some problem with wireless connection. I had to download and compile hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5 package containing (broadcom-)wl module. This driver does not work without having modprobed first lib80211_crypt_tkip (former ieee80211_crypt_tkip) module.
Works very well with Easy Peasy 1.5. I had some problem with wireless connection. I had to download and compile hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5 package containing (broadcom-)wl module. This driver does not work without having modprobed first lib80211_crypt_tkip (former ieee80211_crypt_tkip) module.
Works fine with opensuse 11.1, except the microphone, as above. openSuSE does not recognise the wireless out of the box, but native drivers are available with the broadcom-wl package from the opensuse repos. Also tried ndiswrapper which is extremely flaky. Unusual screen resolution (1024×576) meant no bootsplash out of the box; setting vga=0×311 in /boot/grub/menu.lst and fiddling around eventually delivered results, however.