One of our students got a new Acer Aspire 5612z as a replacement for her Travelmate 4002LMi. The installation of OpenSuSE Linux 10.2 (32 bit version) worked out of the box. I encountered no major problems with the hardware so far.
Features:
- Pentium M T2060 1.6GHz CPU
- 15.4″ WXGA LCD
- 2GB DDR2 RAM
- Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG WiFi
- 160GB Harddisk
Things that worked instantly include:
- graphics (YaST automatically chose a resolution of 1280×800 at a ratio of 16:10, I have yet to test the dualhead and 3D capabilities),
- sound,
- ethernet,
- wireless LAN (no manual interference required, I just had to insert the ESSID and the encryption details),
- power management (this sure is a plus compared to the TravelMate 4002LMi)
Things that did not work:
- modem (not recognized by YaST)
As yet untested:
- PCMCIA
I’ll do some more testing in the days to come. Hopefully things will continue to run that smoothly.
