Acer Extensa

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Has anyone installed openSUSE 11 on a Acer Extensa 4420? I’m concerned about the wifi connectivity.

Acer Extensa EX4420-5239 NoteBook AMD Mobile Athlon 64 X2 TK-57(1.90GHz) 14.1" Wide XGA 2GB Memory DDR2 667 120GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon X1250 IGP

Communication Modem, Gigabit LAN and WLAN

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What Chipset does it have?

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Chipset AMD M690G

here’s the link:
Newegg.com - Acer Extensa EX4420-5239 NoteBook AMD Mobile Athlon 64 X2 TK-57(1.90GHz) 14.1" Wide XGA 2GB Memory DDR2 667 120GB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Radeon X1250 IGP - Laptops / Notebooks

I’ve used one in person. Even Vista runs fast on it. So you know how well Linux will work once its installed. For $449 it’s the best laptop deal I’ve seen.

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He meant “What wireless chipset?”. The manufacturer’s specs seldom say.

Open a terminal and enter the following command ‘/sbin/lspci -nnv’,
find the section that describes the wireless, and post the first two
lines from that section.

Larry

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I haven’t bought it yet. I figure that openSUSE should be able to handle it. If not I would give Mint a try.

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vinoman2 wrote:
> I haven’t bought it yet. I figure that openSUSE should be able to handle
> it. If not I would give Mint a try.

I don’t know what Mint is, but if it is a Linux distro, the handling
(or not) is a function of which kernel is included. If there is a
driver for whatever version of the kernel that they use, it will work
and vice versa.

Larry

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I just ordered it. I’ll get it next week.