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## Aspire

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
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Aspire 5100-3825 | 0.8 (Voodoo) | ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 | Intel | Realtek | Atheros | – | – | untested | Hot keys: untested | –
Aspire 1501LMi | 0.9 (Don't Panic) | ATI Radeon 9600: HW acceleration only with proprietary driver | VIA: OK | Broadcom: OK | untested | none | Suspend to RAM: ?? Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Yes | untested | Hot keys: untested | –
Aspire 5024 | 0.7.2 | ATI Radeon X700 | AC97: OK | Realtek: OK | Broadcom 4318 Needs acer_apci + firmware or ndiswrapper driver | – | Battery: Yes Suspend: Video and Wi-Fi problems CPU frequency scaling: powernow-k8 driver | untested | – | –
Aspire 7720 | 2009.02 | Intel i965 | ALC268: working OK | Broadcom BCM5787M (tg3): OK | Intel 3945: Needs microcode | Detected, works | Battery: Yes Suspend: Seems to work ok Hibernation: still flaky (often hangs in the middle of restoring) | With linuxant drivers, might work | Web cam driver: uvcvideo; card reader: only SD cards seem to work; special keys (Acer Arcade, direct access to browser/mail) seem to not work; volume knob at the side is seen as a multimedia key. | FireWire seems to be recognized, untested. For 64-bit, update BIOS to fix ACPI and wireless problems.
Aspire E5-573 | 2015.12 | Intel i965 | Yes | Yes | Yes | not detected | Yes | – | – | –
Aspire 7730 | 2009.08 i686 & x86_64 | Intel Mobile 4 Series i810 Autoconfiguration works. Compiz OK, with indirect rendering. | ALC888 Playback & internal microphone: OK; microphone input socket: not tested `options snd-hda-intel model=laptop` added to `/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf` to get headphone output working | Yes | Yes with iwlagn | None | Suspend to RAM: OK Suspend to disk crashes on i686, OK on x86_64 CPU frequency scaling: OK (using cpufreq) | Untested | Hot keys: OK Web cam: OK HDMI: untested Card reader: untested | Problem booting install CD Solved with `ln -sf /dev/sr0 /dev/archiso` at ramfs
Aspire 4935 | 2009.08 x86_64 | Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS | Yes Intel HDA | Yes | Yes | Untested | Suspend to RAM: OK Suspend to disk: OK Frequency scaling: OK (using cpufreq) | Untested | Hot keys: OK Audio touch panel NOT working Web cam: OK HDMI: OK | By "audio touch panel" I mean the illuminated plastic hot key touch panel on the right-hand side of the keyboard.
Aspire 2920Z | 2009.2 | Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller | Yes Intel 82801H | Yes Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express | Yes Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN | – | Suspend to RAM: OK. Suspend to disk: OK. CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Hot keys: web, mail, and wireless work. Blue e on the left: not working Synaptic touchpad: OK | Not everything worked fine on fresh installation. Requires some work.
Aspire 5735z | archlinux-2014.09.03-dual | Intel GMA 4500M | Yes | Yes | Yes | Untested | Suspend to RAM: OK. Suspend to disk: OK. CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Hot keys: OK (except Bluetooth: untested) Synaptic Touchpad: OK | –
Aspire E1-531 | archlinux-2016.07.01-dual | Intel HD 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes(Using laptop-mode-tools) | Untested | Hot keys: Sound, sleep, wireless, brightness hotkeys(fn+f1/f2/...) mostly works. Energy manager may required. Synaptic Touchpad: OK Webcam: OK HDMI: OK | Tested with GNOME and Xfce, works well.
Aspire V3-572G | Current | Intel HD 5500 NVIDIA GeForce 840M working with bumblebee | Yes | Realtek: OK | Yes | Yes | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Webcam: OK Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK HDMI: OK | Ran into trouble with suspend/resume + nvidia prop. drivers ("gpu has fallen off the bus"). Fix/workaround: appended `rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=1 acpi_osi=! acpi_osi="Windows 2009"` to kernel parameters.
Aspire F5-573G-7791 | 2016.12.01 | Yes NVIDIA GeForce 940MX (NVIDIA Device 179c), Bumblebee 2016.02.05 | Yes Intel Device 9d71 Driver: snd_hda_intel | Yes Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 | Yes Intel Wireless 3165 | Yes | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Not tested Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Unknown | – | Webcam: Untested Hot keys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK HDMI: Untested USB: 1x USB 2.0: OK 2x USB 3.0: OK 1x USB 3.1 Type-C: Untested | (BIOS v1.15) After UEFI installation, must set Supervisor password, add bootloader as trusted, and boot with SecureBoot. BIOS v1.25 reportedly has problems on similar E5 models that were fixed in 1.31 onward.
Aspire E5-575G-5538 | 2017.02.01 | Yes Nvidia GeForce 940MX (NVIDIA Device 179c), works with proprietary NVIDIA drivers dkms version, Bumblebee dkms version, Nouveau works too, gives better battery life but significantly less performance as of 10 Aug 2017 | Yes HDA-Intel | Yes Realtek, needed to set MAC in a profile in NetworkManager settings | Yes Qualcomm Atheros | Pairing works Sending files works Receiving files works Bluetooth PAN works | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Untested Battery: Yes, but battery life is not great, needs TLP installed for better battery life CPU frequency scaling: Yes | Untested, USB modems should work out of the box | Webcam: OK Hot keys: OK Touchpad: Works with synaptics/Libinput. Libinput works the best (and supports gestures). HDMI: OK USB: 1x USB 2.0: OK 2x USB 3.0: OK 1x USB 3.1 Type-C: OK | USB drive detection took some work (looking in the BIOS, disabling secure boot). Installation was not successful on the first try. In order to boot I enabled secureboot, cleared trusted bootloaders at secureboot settings, saved, rebooted, entered BIOS, added GRUB as trusted UEFI file, saved, rebooted, entered BIOS, disabled secureboot. Grub will appear in the boot order list even if secureboot is disabled. Must be done at each firmware update.
Aspire E5-553-T337 | 2018.08.07 | Perfectly OK, AMD Radeon R5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Everything works fine. No complaints.
Aspire E5-422G-68PL | 2020.07.21 | AMD Radeon™ R4 Mobile Graphics (Godavari/Beema) AMD Radeon™ R5 M335 (Exo) | Realtek ALC255 | Realtek RTL8168 | Qualcomm Atheros NFA435 QCA9377 | Qualcomm Atheros NFA435 QCA9377 | SuspendToRam & SuspendToDisk issues when R5 GPU gets used in any way (stuck driver) | – | Touchpad does not work with "Advanced Features" enabled in bios, on disable the touchpad is capable to do even more things on linux than with the option enabled on windows; scrolling and gestures on MSWindows gets disabled without "Advanced Features". All keys get recognized out-of-box. You would want to tweak or disable the power button action. Using the Radeon driver instead of AMDGPU creates 2 Dummy Backlight devices on early-boot that get deleted on user-space and shows some warnings about the system not being able to restore settings; this can be ignored or fixed either by forcing usage of AMDGPU or editing the backlight restore udev rule to skip them | –
Aspire 3 A315-41-R09T | 2019.03.01 | Vega 8: Works out-of-the-box with open source drivers. | Intel HDA; OK. | Works OK with r8168 module installed. | QCA9377, OK. | Yes | Suspend to RAM: OK Suspend to disk: OK CPU Frequency Scaling: OK | – | Webcam: Yes Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK (supports libinput-gestures) HDMI: OK Microphone: OK | Everything works fine, but you have to stick to a modern kernel. Also, it is important to add ivrs_ioapic[4]=00:14.0 ivrs_ioapic[5]=00:00.2 as a kernel parameter on grub (or whatever boot loader of your choice), because it otherwise works erratically and gets stuck either on boot or at shutdown. To properly install Arch Linux, it is a good idea to use noapic as boot parameter, it will run smoothly. Do not use it later, though, as it will disable the I2C touchpad and some other relevant stuff.
Aspire 3 A315-51-524S | 2019.11.11 | Intel HD Graphics 620; OK | Intel HDA; OK. | Yes | QCA9377, OK. | Yes | Suspend to RAM: OK Suspend to disk: OK CPU Frequency Scaling: OK Battery: OK | – | Webcam: OK Hotkeys: OK Touchpad: OK (supports libinput-gestures) HDMI: OK Microphone: OK | Everything works fine. "Advanced" touchpad mode in UEFI works with a modern kernel.
Aspire 3 A315-53G-52A4 | 2019.11.01 | Intel UHD Graphics 620, Nvidia MX130: Works out of the box with Nouveau, not tested with proprietary NVIDIA drivers. | Intel HDA, OK | Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411, OK | Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377, OK | ΟΚ | Suspend to RAM: OK Suspend to Disk: Untested CPU Frequency Scaling: OK | – | Webcam: OK Microphone: OK Hotkeys: OK Touchpad: OK, supports gestures HDMI: OK | –
Aspire E5-476G | 2019.06.01 | Intel UHD: Works Nvidia MX150: Untested | Yes | Untested | Yes | Not detected | Suspend to RAM: OK Hibernate: OK Battery: OK | Untested | Webcam: OK Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK, Support Gestures | –
Acer Aspire 5 A515-51G-5072 | 2020.06.01 | Intel UHD 620 Graphics: Works using i915 driver Nvidia GeForce MX150: Works using both nouveau and proprietary drivers. | Intel HD Audio: Works using snd_hda_intel driver Laptop Microphone Input: Works Headphone Microphone Input: Works | Realtek RTL8169SC: Works using r8169 driver | Qualcomm Atheros 9377: Works using ath10k_pci driver | Lite-On Corp: Works using ath10k_pci driver | CPU Frequency Scaling: Works using intel_pstate driver Suspend to RAM: Works Hibernate to Disk: Works Battery Charging: Works Display Backlight Control: Works Keyboard Backlight Control: Works | Not Tested Yet | Webcam: Works Hotkeys: Work Elantech Touchpad: Works Touchpad Gestures: Work using libinput Realtek Card Reader: Works USB 2.0 Ports: Work USB 3.0 Port: Works USB Type-C Port: Works HDMI Port: Works | Latest Stable BIOS Update: V1.20 Disable Secure Boot in the BIOS. Enable Advanced Touchpad Gestures in the BIOS. After powering on or restarting, bootable USB detection by the BIOS can be slow at times, need to restart the laptop again. Install TLP & edit /etc/tlp.conf for nvidia, host, ahci power management to get extra battery life. Add pci=noaer as boot flags to disable error messages for Wi-Fi during boot, resume and shutdown. If the Wi-Fi speeds get throttled while on battery power, disable Wi-Fi power management.

## AspireOne

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
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AspireOne D255e | – | Intel GMA 3150 | Yes | Yes Atheros 8132 worked only with latest Archboot not official images | Yes Broadcom worked only with latest Archboot not official images | Untested | Untested | Untested | Hot keys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK | –
Aspire One Cloudbook 11 | archlinux-201608 | Intel HD Graphics 400 | Yes HDA-Intel | – | Yes Qualcomm Atheros | Yes | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Not tested Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Ok | – | Webcam: Ok Hotkeys: Some Synaptic Touchpad: OK (Set to Basic in BIOS) HDMI: untested | First boot after a UEFI install will typically stop with a "No media found" message. Go into BIOS and navigate to "Select an UEFI file as trusted". Note that a Supervisor password must be set to change these parameters.

## Travelmate

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Travelmate 6292 | Core Dump, Overlord | Intel x3100: HW acceleration with Intel's open-source driver, ~1100 FPS in the glxgears | Intel HDA: OK (model=acer) | Broadcom BCM5787M: OK | Intel iwl4965: OK | Broadcom: OK | Suspend to RAM: ?? Disk: Ok Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Yes | untested | Hot keys: untested FireWire (Texas Instruments) TSB43AB23: OK(?) | FireWire detects well but I have not tested it yet
TravelMate 8371G (TM8371G-944G32n) | 2010.05 x86_64 | Intel GM45, works with i915. Radeon HD 4330 listed but cannot switch to it. | Yes | Yes works with r8169 | Yes works with iwlagn | Yes works with btusb | s2ram works (see remarks), s2disk works, CPU scaling works, no fan control | No modem | Web cam works with uvcvideo. Card reader works. Fingerprint reader does not seem to have a driver! | Suspend to RAM only works with the `i8042.reset=1` kernel parameter. Otherwise, it fails to wake up, and ends up rebooting itself uncleanly! Generally, this Acer seems to work quite well with Arch Linux :-)
TravelMate TimelineX 8473T | archlinux-2016.02.01-dual | Intel HD 3000 | Yes | Untested | Yes | Untested | Untested | Untested | Hot keys: Display/No Backlight/Disable Trackpad work Sound, sleep, wireless, brightness not working out of box Synaptic Touchpad: OK | Live Media boots in systemd-boot and attempts to load EFI media, even though MOBO supports legacy boot ONLY. Delete the /EFI partition on the boot media to force Grub (this may cause other problems)

## Nitro

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
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Nitro VN7-572G | archlinux-2019.02.01-x86_64 | Intel HD 520 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M with NVIDIA drivers works with Bumblebee and Nvidia-xrun Nouveau works too, did not test PRIME | Intel HDA PCH only Output (See Notes) | Yes Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 | Yes Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac | Yes | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Yes | untested | Hot keys: OK Web cam: OK HDMI: OK Card reader: OK | For UEFI: Enable Secure Boot add Bootloader as trusted bootloader Sound Recording problems might be related to bugs.launchpad.net: Alsa not detecting internal microphone ALC255 Realtek
Nitro VN7-791G-74DL | archlinux-2016.01.01-dual | Intel HD 530 Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 3GB VRAM | Yes | Realtek: OK | Yes Killer Wireless-AC 1535 | Yes | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: Yes | – | Webcam: Yes Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK HDMI: Yes Booting from NVME: Yes | Ran into trouble with with fan control, porting driver from windows is required.
Nitro VN7-792G-710p | archlinux-2016.10.01-dual | Intel HD 530 Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M 2GB VRAM | Yes | Realtek: OK | Yes | Yes | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Webcam: untested Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK HDMI: untested | –
Nitro VN7-792G-751Y | archlinux-2016-12-01-dual | Intel HD 530 Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M 4GB VRAM | Yes | Realtek: OK | Yes | Yes | Suspend to RAM: Yes Disk: Yes Battery: Yes CPU frequency scaling: untested | Untested | Webcam: Yes Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK HDMI: Does not work Microphone: Does not work | –

## Swift

Model version | Date | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
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Swift 3 SF315-52-52YN | 2020.09.05 | Yes Intel UHD 620 | Yes Intel HDA `options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi` added to `/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf` to get headset micro input working, and `options snd-intel-dspcfg dsp_driver=1` to use DSP sound driver instead of SOF (also to `/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf`) | – | Yes Intel Wireless-AC 7265 | Yes Intel Bluetooth 8087:0a2a | Suspend to RAM: OK Hibernate: OK Battery: OK | – | Webcam: OK Hotkeys: OK HDMI: Yes Booting from NVMe: Yes | –
Swift 5 SF515-51T | 2019.06.01 | Yes Intel UHD 620 | Yes Intel HDA `options snd-hda-intel model=dell-headset-multi` added to `/etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf` to get headset micro input working | – | Yes | Not tested | Suspend to RAM: OK Hibernate: OK Battery: OK | – | Webcam: OK Hotkeys: OK Synaptic Touchpad: OK, Support Gestures | –
Enduro N3 EN314-51W-55LW | 2021.08.28 | Yes Intel Comet Lake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] (rev 02) | Yes Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS | Yes | Yes Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi | Yes | Suspend to RAM: OK Hibernate: OK Battery: OK | – | Webcam: OK Touchpad: OK Hotkeys: OK Booting from NVMe: OK SD Card Reader: Not Tested VGA port: Not Tested HDMI: Not Tested USB-C DisplayPort: Not Tested RS232 Port: Not Tested Smart Card Reader: Not Tested Fingerprint Reader: Not Tested Charging from USB-C: OK | BIOS settings changed: - disabled Secure Boot - set Supervisor password - set NVMe mode to ACHI (is not changable until Supervisor password set)

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