This page lists some of the netbooks that have been tested with Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04, along with any known quirks or issues experienced during testing.

Note: for best results, take a thumbdrive with a copy of the Ubuntu Netbook Remix with you to the store, plug it in, and test it yourself. Then update this page

You can also join this new project (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Laptop) doing some simple tests to keep track of regression in the development release, filling out a report of your netbook. f

Tier 1

These are netbooks that work reasonably well, with few or any issues, and no major issues

Acer Aspire One 150

Acer Aspire One article on Wikipedia

Works well for most things, sound, webcam, ports all reported to work correctly. Minor problems include pulseaudio interfering with sound recording, and media card reader issues unless it is booted with a card in the slot. D250 models, on the other hand, have been known to have issues where built-in microphones and ethernet cards do not work unless new drivers and pulseaudio are installed and configured correctly.

Known issues:

• 271019 - media card reader not hotpluggable on acer aspire one

Edit: This appears to work in karmic

• 354620 - Recording from microphone stutters when pulseaudio is running

Acer Aspire One 250

Works well for most things, sound, webcam, ports all reported to work correctly. Minor problems include pulseaudio interfering with sound recording, and have been known to have issues where built-in microphones and ethernet cards do not work unless new drivers and pulseaudio are installed and configured correctly. The key reasons for differentiating the models is that on the 250 wired networking can be an issue, and the card reader is hotpluggable.

Known issues:

• 354620 - Recording from microphone stutters when pulseaudio is running

• 424805 - Attansic wired network drivers need to be manually compiled

Note: For the Acer Aspire One Model ZA3 (Manufactured 2009 - A0751h-1279 - Poulsbo chipset) there are issues with the video driver. See below.

ASRock ION330

Note: this is a Nettop machine (see also ASRock on Wikipedia)

Works very well with sound, video all working well. Just use the System/Hardware Drivers app to install the ION graphic driver

Known Issues: None so far!

Asus Eee 1201N

Most things work out of the box, touchpad, keyboard functions (brightness, volume etc.), wired LAN and Sound. Dedicated touchpad disable button does not work. Using proprietary NVidia driver 195 and video is awesome! With MPlayer and SMPlayer using VDPAU 720p content looks great on the 12.1" display. Have not tried the HDMI yet.

Known Issues: Wireless... Realtek 8192se is not directly supported in Karmic. Lots of reading on the web about NDISWrapper working for some folks with the Win 2000 driver but I used Kernel 2.6.31-14 and Realtek driver rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1116.2009 and have no issues, suspend works and wireless is realiable. Tried newer kernel and newer driver from Realtek but just not reliable. Internal mic does not work shows in sound config and Skype but does not work, still looking for a solution.

Edit: The Realtek wireless driver requires you compile and install to your Kernel version, this means any Kernel updates will require you to recompile (sudo make, sudo make install). So far I have only had success with Kernel 2.6.31-14 Generic. Will update if I find another Kernel that works.

Asus Eee 1000H

Works very well with sound, webcam, ports all reported to work correctly. Minor problems include pulseaudio interfering with sound recording.

Known issues:

• 354620 - Recording from microphone stutters when pulseaudio is running

Asus Eee PC 1001HA

• Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic

Works well: LAN, WLAN, sound, camera. No problems reported.

• Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid

  • At least in the beta1, the Wifi has a https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/541620 problem and some hotkeys does not run (for example Fn + F2).

Asus Eee PC 1005HA

• Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic

Most of the stuff works fine out of the box. Wireless and Wired network cards ready to use. The Intel Atom processor bug seems pretty well fixed. Graphics card driver working well also. Webcam working fine. Very nice optimization for this device!

Issues:

• Microphone issue already reported (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/449855). To fix, open a terminal and type 'sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic'

• Bluetooth not working out of the box
• Wireless (Atheros AR9285) works out of the box, but connection is flaky. To fix, open a terminal and type 'sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-karmic'

• Multi-touch will not work out of the box. Activate at "System -> Preferences -> Mouse -> Touchpad -> Scrolling -> Two-finger scrolling" and install shell script from Setting up multi-touch scrolling for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Linux on Asus Eee 1005HA netbook

Asus Eee PC 1008HA

Works very well. Very nice optimization for this device!

Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic i386

• Wireless - working
• Wired network card - working
• Webcam - working
• Microphone - working
• Bluetooth - working
• Touchpad - working
• Graphics card driver (1024x600) - working
• Audio - working
• Multi-touch has not been tested
• Power managment - working
• SD Card reader - working
• Hardware buttons (sound volume, brightness, ...) - working

Asus Eee PC 1005P

Not to be confused with 1005PE due to some significant hardware differences!

=== Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic 64 bit === (I think this should be 32Bit, because the N450 processor is 32Bit!)

[Actually wireless did work out of the box when installing 9.10, 2010-Mar-18]

Issues:

• Wireless does not work out of the box. As of 2009-02-01, use the Windows XP driver with ndiswrapper to get it to work:
  • Run 'sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndisgtk'

  • Go to [http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx] and under "Please select your product", select "Eee Family", "Eee PC", and "Eee PC 1005P", click on "Search", and then select "WinXP" (not Linux!) as operating system. Then click on "Wireless" and download the driver for "Wlan: NE785H_GE112H" from whatever location; unzip that file.

  • Run ndisgtk; "Install new driver", and in the folder you unzipped in the last step, open the subfolder "ndis5x64" (if you're running a 64bit Ubuntu; if you're on 32bit, open "ndis5x" instead) and select "netathwx.inf". Installing this file should give you working Wireless!

• The microphone issue as known from other Eee PCs is present (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/449855). To fix, open a terminal and type 'sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic'. The mic should then work after a reboot (tested both with the sound recorder app and Skype).

• brightness control doesn't work properly. Pressing Fn-F5 or Fn-F6 changes the brightness randomly.

  • solution to adjusting brightness http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1412922

  • xbacklight, and xgamma work too..
• Multi touch pad doesn't work out of the box. Probably the same with all synaptics touchpads in all laptops (they work like a normal touch pad)

  • http://blog.mfabrik.com/2009/10/11/setting-up-multi-touch-scrolling-for-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala-linux-on-asus-eee-1005ha-netbook/ The emulation approach works with 1005p! With it you get 2-finger scrolling, and 2-finger right-click working. Zooming and rotating with 2 fingers wont work with the emulation approach.

Asus Eee PC 1005PE

Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic

As with the 1005HA, most of the stuff works fine out of the box, although there are some minor wireless connection issues.

Issues:

• To fix initial keyboard and touchpad problems, update your BIOS. Download the update from the asus homepage or use the preinstalled asus autoupdate windows app (if you haven't already wiped your windows partition ).

• The microphone issue with the 1005HA seems to be present (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/449855). To fix, open a terminal and type 'sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic'. The mic should then work after a reboot (at least with the sound recorder app). To get Skype working, install the pulse audio volume control app 'sudo apt-get install pavucontrol'. At the Input Devices tab of the app, set the front left channel to 90% and the front right channel to 10%. Sound Capturing should now work with skype.

• Wireless works out of the box, but connection is flaky. To fix, open a terminal and type 'sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-karmic-generic'
• Multi-touch has not been tested. It is likely that the issue mentioned in the 1005HA will be present as it appears to be the same hardware.

Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic 32 bit

• Mostly works out of the box
• My 1005PE has Wireless Atheros AR9285 working with standard ath9k driver
• Attansic Ethernet NIC uses atl1c driver ; supported in LiveCD and after install, but unsupported in "Alternate text-mode install CD"

• Brightness keys (Fn-F5 and Fn-F6) work completely randomly as stated for Karmic-64. This can be solved by adding "acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor" to the boot command line, per ubuntuforums and Debian Wiki. That works

• Microphones not working initially. Installing linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic plus pavucontrol do the trick, in Skype as well. backport-modules are not needed in Lucid Beta 1.

• Plugging earphones unfortunately doesn't shutdown internal loudspeakers. Couldn't find any solution nor turn loudspeakers off manually so far, however this is solved in Lucid Beta 1 + latest Lucid updates.

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic 64 bit

* Wireless doesn't work out of the box - 1005PE (and also 1005P) apparently have a new, not yet supported card Atheros AR2427 (PCI ID 168C:002C). * Brightness keys (Fn-F5 and Fn-F6) work kind of randomly. [I noticed this on a 1005PE with UNR9.10-32bit. Should this really be under the 64 bit heading?]

Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid 32 bit (Beta 1)

* Everything works out of the box

* Except for LCD brightness adjustment that needs booting with the "acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor" options in the boot command line (so this option needs to be added into the grub configuration). See Ubuntu bug #512567.

* It is worth noting that all EeePC "hotkeys" I have tried work in KDE (Suspend, Wi-Fi enable/disable, touchpad disable, LCD brighness when booted with proper option cf. above, audio volume and mute)

* All these hotkeys work WITHOUT needing to install the "eeepc-acpi-scripts" and "rfkill" packages.

* It is worth noting that the Wi-Fi enable/disable hotkey (Fn-F2) actually acts both on Wi-Fi and wired Ethernet (Ubuntu Bug #557048).

Asus Eee PC 1005PEB

Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic

• Keyboard and touchpad appear functional out of the box.
• Multi-touch does not appear to be functional.
• Microphone fix for 1005PE (installing backport) is required, but seems to work.

• Brightness key randomness can be resolved with by adding "acpi_osi=Linux" to the boot command line, per ubuntuforums.

• Wireless: fails to connect to a WAP using a shared 128-bit ASCII WEP key. Connectivity successful in the pre-packaged Windows 7 Starter Edition. Installing backport does not resolve the issue. Connected successfully to a different WAP using a WPA PSK.
• Plugging in external headphones does not disable internal speakers

Asus Eee 1000

Works very well with sound, webcam, ports all reported to work correctly. Minor problems include pulseaudio interfering with sound recording.

Known issues:

• 354620 - Recording from microphone stutters when pulseaudio is running

• Wireless (Ralink RT2860) has reported bugs: 344022 - connecting to wireless-n networks, 320390 - cannot connect to 802.1x/PEAP/mschapv2 networks and 480477 - instability of connections.

Asus Eee 900a

Works very well. Desktop effects work, but are disabled by default.

Asus Eee 901

Everything works well apart from the wireless on/off button which often breaks the adapter, bluetooth toggling which does not work at all and a problem with wireless connect.

Known issues:

• 339891 - wireless rt2860 not connecting to some WPA (Enterprise does not work out-of-box). Working patch is issued at link.

Axioo PICO DJJ

Works very well.

Compaq Mini 100C/110C

See the HP Mini 110.

Compaq Mini 700EF

• Works extremely well, almost everything works out of the box and as intended even special keys (incl. turning on/off wireless), sound up and down with Fn keys, suspension works flawless and screen dimming etc.

• Sound out of speakers doesn't work but solution found at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/318942/comments/63

Compaq Mini 700EL

• Works very well: Wireless, suspend, hardware function buttons, sd card reader, bluetooth, webcam, power management (incl. screen dim, freq scaling,...), sound

• Ethernet port: Needs acpi_os_name=Linux passed as a kernel parameter if you want the wired ethernet to come up when powered by battery and the machine not to crash if both ethernet and power are unplugged in either order; See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/297263

Compaq Mini 701ES

• Works very well: Wireless, suspend, hardware function buttons, sd card reader, bluetooth, webcam, power management (incl. screen dim, freq scaling,...)

• sound doesn't work out of the box see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/318942 .

• Ethernet port: Needs acpi_os_name=Linux passed as a kernel parameter; See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/297263

• Wifi needs non-free driver, but works out of the box with jaunty 9.04 after the hardware drivers wizard is run. On Karmic I had to remove all things broadcom (b43 et al) and install the "bcmwl-kernel-source" package ( see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/385293 ).

Compaq Mini 730EO

• Works extremely well, almost everything works out of the box and as intended even special keys (incl. turning on/off wireless), sound up and down with Fn keys, suspension works flawless and screen dimming etc.

• Ethernet port: Needs acpi_os_name=Linux passed as a kernel parameter; See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/297263

Dell Mini 9

Works very well, minor problem with pulseaudio interfering with sound recording on Ubuntu 9.04.

Power Management does not work in Ubuntu 9.10, does not suspend or resume, or hibernate, sleep... if it would go in, it locks up. Broadcom wifi does not work on liveUSB, you'll have to install and navigate to the pool directory and install drivers off the USB install media with dpkg. It is speedy, and the power management issues might have something to do with having an SD card mounted http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/ubuntu-netbook-remix/14722-suspend-hibernate-mini-9-broken.html. Also, the 4gb SSD drives report being ran outside of parameters

Known issues:

• 354620 - Recording from microphone stutters when pulseaudio is running (appears to be fixed in Karmic)

• 370046 - Cannot set wireless regulatory domain (in order to access wifi access points on channels 12 and 13)

Dell Mini 10 (Inspiron 1010)

Works well. Wifi, webcam, sound playing, usb, touchpad work fine. Defaults to VESA graphics, but can be configured for accelerated 2d/3d graphics. While using the default VESA graphics, the menu (netbook-launcher) is extremely slow. Switching to accelerated graphics fixes it, or simply switch to the traditional gnome menus using Preferences... Switch Desktop Mode. See HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo for a script to fix the video on karmic.

Dell Mini 10v (Inspiron 1011)

Works very well; WiFi, webcam, sound, 3D graphics, USB, touchpad worked "Out of the box".. Minor problem with Microphone not working with pulseaudio, might just be settings.

At least one user has reported that Wi-Fi did not work out of the box with Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 (but did work with 9.04).

After upgraded to final version of 9.10, it works perfect. Bluetooth, microphone, WiFi, webcam etc. (Possibly bug with bluetooth interface not seen, please confirm bug/say it works)

Dell Mini 10 (Inspiron 1012)

(New Dell Mini 10)

Works well. Webcam, sound, sleep worked out of the box.

WiFi did not work out of the box with 9.10. Solution was to install bcmwl-kernel-source to get it to work. It is possible this was related to some lockup issues. An alternative is to install b43-fwcutter instead of bcmwl-kernel-source. Make sure only one of these two are installed at once. The b43-fwcutter package also requires linux-backports-modules-karmic (or kernel 2.6.32 and above).

Dell Mini 12 (Inspiron 1210)

Some features work very well: WiFI, webcam, sound playing, usb, touchpad. Video problem common with other netbooks with GMA 500 chipset: performance with default VESA graphics is very slow. Consult Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" video hardware support for accelerated driver information.

Some users question whether UNR should be used with relatively large 12" screen (1280x800 resolution).

Dell Latitude 2100

Works fine after some configuration. You have to install idc-touch package for touchscreen and driver for wi-fi and "sudo update-initramfs -u" after blacklisting. There are crashes when using compiz with kernels in Ubuntu 9.04, but in 9.10 it seems okay. Webcam not tested.

Dell Lattitude D420

Works fine after some configuration. You have to install Broadcom [[http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php|driver for wi-fi] manually for wireless, no other problems found.

Fujitsu M2010

All working out of the box: wifi, webcam, hotkeys, sound, usb, card reader, touchpad, mic (jack works but not the build in, for Skype must be enabled, default mute). etc. To make internal mic working it needs to modify /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and to add 'model=fujitsu' for snd-hda-intel module. So last string of original alsa-base.conf becomes as the following (without quotes) "options snd-hda-intel model=fujitsu power_save=10 power_save_controller=N". Even when I connect my headset for skype it mutes the netbooks own speakers. Compiz not tested (I dont use), bluetooth not tested yet.

The tested UNR was 9.10 karmic.

Gateway LT2005u

Works very well. This is supposedly most of the same hardware from the Acer Aspire One. Tested: wifi, touchpad, function keys, power management. Media card slot also seems to work.

Not tested: Audio recording. Webcam not fully tested but works with Cheese app.

HP Mini 1010nr

Everything except wifi works "out of the box"; webcam, hotkeys, 3D Graphics, sound, USB, touchpad, mic, etc.

A wifi fix has been made available by performing the following:

1. Connect to Ethernet.

2. Update WL using System->Administration->Update Manager.

3. Restart.

4. Go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers

5. Deactivate b43 and STA drivers.

6. Reactivate b43 drivers.

8. Close Hardware Drivers and open Synaptic Package Manager.

9. Flag bcmwl-modaliases for removal.

10. Flag bcmwl-kernel-source for (re)installation.

11. Apply changes and restart.

12. Wireless will be functional, and remains functional after subsequent restarts.

HP Mini 1033cl

Everything works "out of the box"; wifi, webcam, hotkeys, 3D Graphics, sound, USB, touchpad, mic, etc.

At least two users have reported that Wi-Fi did not work out of the box. The following is a temporary workaround for the issue:

1. Connect to Ethernet.

2. Update WL using System->Administration->Update Manager.

3. Restart.

4. Go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers

5. Deactivate Broadcom Wireless drivers.

6. Reactivate Broadcom Wireless drivers. Drivers will reinstall.

7. Unplug from Ethernet.

8. Wireless will be functional.

NOTE: This is not a permanent fix, as the driver reinstallation process must be done after every boot.

HP Mini 1151nr

• Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic:

Upon first boot in order to get the wifi working you will have to hookup ethernet and remove the b43 wifi module and install the wl module. The Qualcomm Gobi radio works fine using the hp-wmi and qcserial kernel modules with the gobi loader and udev. http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/gobi_loader/ To load the correct firmware for the card. You can download the firmware and extract it using wine from hp.com.

HP Mini 110 / Compaq Mini 100c/110c

• Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic:

The Karmic version "just works", with almost everything supported, without tweaking. Wired NIC works nicely, sound works nicely, built-in SD card reader works too. The wireless driver needs to be activated first -- choose the STA one, not the b43 (which makes the machine hang during boot).

One user reports a case of the wireless drivers not working initially. Possible Fix http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg1669880.html

Installing Broadcom wireless proprietary driver with Jockey (the only one which make things work) breaks internal Bluetooth. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/499445/

Some users report that the mic doesn't work also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/376795/

HP Mini 110-1120es

• Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic works out of the box, but you have to install the proprietary wireless broadcom driver. It's the STA, not the b43. Mic won't work either. I wouldn't recomend the method used on the link above (for the generic Mini 110) since the kernel change breaks the filesystem and erases wireless again. Keep an eye on lauchpad for updates.

HP Mini 311

Tried Ubuntu 9.10 standard edition (not UNR). Works well after some initial work. Although the live CD started up without a problem, once installed Ubuntu hangs before showing the boot splash icon, instead showing a blinking cursor, and never reaches login. (Presumably this is a Broadcom wireless driver error, see this discussion link.) I fixed this by booting into recovery mode and running updates:

1. Reboot and launch Memtest (or another non-Ubuntu boot option). When I tried booting into Recovery Mode immediately after failing to boot into normal mode, Recovery Mode would fail in the same place. Loading Memtest first seems to prevent this.

2. Then press ESC to quit Memtest and reboot into Recovery Mode.

3. Access the terminal and update your system:

$> sudo apt-get update

$> sudo apt-get upgrade

4. After updates are finished, reboot into normal Ubuntu. The splash, then login screen should come up, indicating that the error has been corrected.

This bug will likely not be present in 10.04.

Apart from that boot error, Ubuntu mostly works. The Restricted manager detected and installed the NVIDIA 3D graphics driver and the working Broadcom driver. Sound works out of the box, as well as microphone, webcam, and standby.

My only current pet peeve is that the touchpad is recognized only as a "generic mouse", and thus I can't disable the touchpad while typing or change other touchpad-specific settings (which all require the Synaptics touchpad driver).

HP Mini 2140

Works very well; video, bluetooth, sound, touchpad, webcam and even hotkeys work without modification.

On some models (FM839UT at least):

• internal microphone doesn't work out of the box. Workaround in filed bug 376795

• enabling dual-core support for hyperthreading doesn't work out of the box. Workaround in filed bug 376728

• detection of lid close doesn't work. Filed bug 376793

Lenovo S10

Works very well.

Known issues:

• 344627 - Recording from the internal microphone does not work

• 60764 - SSH reports corrupted ethernet frames. Workaround available.

• at least one user has reported that machine will not connect to wireless networks that are secured with WPA if the SSID is hidden
• Power management does not work correctly for 9.10. Does not wake from suspend to RAM.
• At least one user has reported that wireless network does not work without proprietary/restricted drivers. Workaround is to install the non-free drivers. However, installing these requires network connectivity.
• At least one user has reported that the microphone does not work in UNR 9.10 (tested with Sound Recorder).

Lenovo S12

Intel Atom CPU, Intel GMA950 GPU

Works very well.

• Camera, leds, switches, screen, etc all work great with Karmic Beta.
• Recommend passing "nosplash" to kernel do avoid long delay at bootup with Karmic.

Intel Atom CPU, Nvidia ION GPU

Works very well with Karmic 9.10 (Netbook Remix).

• Camera, leds, switches, screen all work great with Karmic.
• Resume after suspend to RAM takes about 15 seconds.

• Some components need a binary driver installed via System → hardware drivers:

  • Wireless LAN - Broadcom STA driver (use LAN cable to install)
  • Video acceleration - NVIDIA driver

Medion Akoya E1210

Works very well. Sound, wireless, ports, suspend, hibernate and hardware function buttons all reported to work correctly.

MSI Wind U123

Works 100%out of the box with Jaunty

Some 'issues since upgrading from Jaunty to Karmic' however:

• Fn key codes for camera, suspend
• camera did work under Karmic once, but I cannot enable it again, likely because of the Fn key code issues.
• screen brightness flickering using Fn keys

Possible more issues. Needs further investigation USB storage devices are recognized,

Tested subject: U123-EU (Atheros wifi, BT)

MSI Wind U100

Works good up to Jaunty, but major issues with Karmic!

Known issues:

• 360926 - Wireless driver lacks multicast support.

With Karmic there are several Problems, so an Upgrade is not recommended at the moment:

• 415023 - Screen brightness flickers heavy after login due to broken gnome-power-manager. (?)

• 455408 - USB devices are not recognized, Suspend mode seems to be tricky.

• 435352 - Camera does not work. Perhaps same bug as 455408.

Note: To install without Camera and USB issues, disable your camera (using Fn-F6 at boot time) before installation. When installed, run an update, enabling proposed updates. When complete, this resolves the USB and Camera issues.

Lucid Lynx Beta

Tested standard install with no issues with camera or USB. There are no major issues known. Tested UNR with some issues with the UI (hanging after clicks etc) but all hardware working OK - I expect the UNR UI issues to be resolved during beta stage.

MSI Wind L2100

• Pre-Lucid Lynx Beta 1

• Problems with the Wi-fi card. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1389601 for resolution.

• Web Cam not functional.
• Maximum Battery Life rated @ 3.5 hours (instead of the 4.5 hours by manufacturer). Lucid Lynx Beta 1
• Wireless is working.
• Web cam not fuctional. Don't see where it's even detected via lshw.

All Fn keys seem to work, HDMI, VGA not tested. USB functional.

MSI Wind U90

Works very well.

Packard Bell Dot ZG5

Works fine out of the box. Wifi, LAN, sound, video all just work.

Samsung N130

Works pretty well out-of-the-box. Webcam, sounds, WLAN (at least the model with Atheros adapter) and sleep mode works perfectly.

Samsung N140

Works pretty well out-of-the-box. Webcam, sounds, WLAN (at least the model with Atheros adapter) and sleep mode works perfectly. WLAN with Realtek adapter needs ndiswrapper and Windows' drivers (downloadable from support at www.samsung.com, but you only need the three files in the \Winxp2k sub folder.)

Samsung N150

WiFi didn't work from the install image, but did once the installed Ubuntu had upgraded to the latest kernel and modules. Sound, webcam and sleep all work as with the N140. Battery life is good: gets through a day of light use. My biggest complaint is that without LVM support I wasn't able to set up dual-boot with the Win7 Starter that came on the device.

Samsung N220

With dual boot set up in Grub by Ubuntu UNR installation, Win7 sometimes reports "Your computer was unable to start ... attempting repairs" and does not start. If you opt to skip the repair, it will start and appears to operate normally. In UNR, screen is very dim (unlike Win7), on both AC and battery power, and no utility or key seems to be able to adjust this. The screen is usable only in a dark room. Internal microphone works, but level is low and quality is poor. The internal mic is #2 and is not selected by default. Acoustic feedback between mic and speaker makes using Skype difficult. Wireless LAN is not detected initially. From the terminal "lspci" typed at the prompt reports that the the network controller is Realtek 8192 (rev 01). After setting up wireless networking in Win7, it worked there, and in UNR was then detected with a momentary message on boot saying that a network was available, and that one should click the [bar graph-like] icon to connect. The icon is not displayed until the connection is configured correctly in [MainMenu/System/Network Connections]. Once this is done, it works. None of the function keys work in UNR.

Samsung NC10

Problems with suspend and resume, and with sound recording. Known issues:

• 362373 - Sound recorder does not work in Samsung NC10 on Jaunty

Sylvania MESO G

• Works extremely well, everything works well out of the box
• With Ubuntu 9.10 wifi did not work out of the box for me. I enabled karamic-backports and installed the linux-backports-modules package, and wifi works now.

System76 Starling Netbook

• Not sure what hardware this branded netbook is www.system76.com, but it runs Jaunty flawlessly, including suspend/hibernate, webcam, wireless, and hot keys. It comes installed, but in case you trash your system (like I did), you can install Ubuntu Jaunty from a USB key and then add System76's custom driver, which adds support for whatever hardware Ubuntu didn't. It's really extremely simple, and a good little netbook.

Sony VAIO W

* Works very well. However, if user unplugs power computer will suspend, and energy configuration must (easily) be changed in order to skip this issue.

Tier 2

These are netbooks that work somewhat, but have problems that may interfere with typical activities at the moment, or many smaller issues.

Acer Aspire One 110

Works well for most things, sound, webcam, ports all reported to work correctly. Minor problems include media card reader issues unless it is booted with a card in the slot. A mounted SD Card in the Storage Expansion won't survive a suspend though. If you experience system freezes you may need to install linux-backports-modules-jaunty.

Known issues:

• 342096 - SD Card containing /home corrupted on resume

• 271019 - media card reader not hotpluggable on acer aspire one

Acer Aspire One - Model ZA7 (manufactured 2009)

The video card, Intel GMA500 (Poulsbo), is not supported out-of-the-box. It requires installation of binary drivers that needs to be reconfigured after every kernel update. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo/

Works: wireless, basic sound test.

Asus Eee 1005HA

Tested with 9.04 NBR. Wireless (Atheros AR9285) doesn't work out of the box. The ath9k module which is supplied by default doesn't seem to work correctly. You have to download the backports .deb file to a usb stick and manually install it to get it working.

Wired nic (atl1e) doesn't work out of the box either. You have to download the sourcefile from the manufactorers page and install it. It's described in Ubuntuforums posting: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7525735&postcount=2

The listed thread is slightly out of date. The current source file from Atheros is: AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz. This archive has some kind of bug in it so it will not decompress with standard Linux tools. Instead, download to a usb drive the p7zip-full package and install it first. Then you can decompress the archive with: ~$ 7za x AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz

Then edit the kcompat.h which is found in the src folder and make the following changes:

#define IRQ_HANDLED #define IRQ_NONE

to

#define IRQ_HANDLED 1 #define IRQ_NONE 0

Then do a make && sudo make install in the src folder to get your module installed. (from this thread: http://forum.eeebuntu.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=4177&view=previous)

lspci output for networking:

user@MiniME:~$ lspci
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 (rev c0)
02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

Asus Eee 1000HE

Wireless with 9.04 NBR has issues. The wireless connection sometimes goes off and on, will connect only after multiple attempts, and grab weak signal strength unless extremely close to the router. Installing backports can fix the connection issue but the signal strength problem remains. This model of EeePC uses different hardware than the Asus Eee 1000.

(But note that not all 1000HE's experience this problem. My 1000HE with Atheros chipset worked fine.)

Known issues:

• 378156 - UNR Ath9K unstable connection

Asus Eee900

Works reasonably well with the current betas of Jaunty, but some minor issues such as sound recording not working. One fairly annoying bug with the interface being very sluggish. A patch and updated kernel are available that can be applied for now, or wait until after release when it should hopefully become available quickly through the normal update process.

Known issues:

• 354685 - Volume hotkeys take a long time to react with Rhythmbox

• 354707 - [Jaunty] Microphone doesn't work at all on Eee 900

• 349314 - Slow performance and tiling issues on i915 - look here for kernel hotfix

Asus Eee 1101HA

Most things work well, except for the video card, Intel GMA500 (Poulsbo) not being supported out-of-the-box. It requires installation of binary drivers that needs to be reconfigured after every kernel update. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo/

Other known Issues: * Wireless works out of the box, but connection is flaky. To fix, open a terminal and type 'sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-wireless-karmic-generic' * Some users have experienced problems with audio disappearing.

Asus Eee 701-SD / 702

This netbook basically works, but most of the problems with it center around the fact that it has a very small screen with a default resolution of 800x400 and many apps simply won't scale down to that size. Known issues:

• 354681 - Totem takes more space than available on Eee 701SD

• 354683 - Rhythmbox takes more space than available on Eee 701SD

• 354685 - Volume hotkeys take a long time to react with Rhythmbox

• 354705 - [Jaunty] Microphone doesn't work at all on Eee 701SD

• 354710 - Display preferences takes more space than available on a Eee 701SD

Already fixed bugs:

• 354687 - Evolution setup assistant takes more space than available on Eee 701SD - fixed in Jaunty

• 349314 - Slow performance and tiling issues on i915 video chipset

• 232170 - Wireless Hotkeys Do Not Function Out-Of-The-Box. A patch is available, however it looks like it hasn't made it into the released kernels yet. This can be fixed manually by downloading and installing linux-image-2.6.28-8-generic_2.6.28-8.27~lp232170apw1_i386.deb. Finally you need to ensure the rfkill-input module is loaded. To do this automatically on boot do this: sudo echo rfkill-input >> /etc/modules - fixed in Karmic

Averatec 2200

Mostly works.

• Inexplicable screen flickering that comes and goes in severity.
• Wireless card works out-of-book, but not after resuming from a suspend.

Axioo CMPC

Basically works using Jaunty both on live-flash and installed to harddisk. All hardware works. Hibernate (S2D) works, but suspend (S2R) doesn't before patch in bug 370778 applied. Many dialogs still too tall for it's 800x480 display.

• 370778 - Axioo CMPC display stays blank after resume from suspend

HP Mini 1000

Karmic

Karmic Standard works out-of-the-box except for networking. Sound works immediately, in contrast to Jaunty.

• Wireless does not work immediately. Using "sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source" in the terminal and rebooting will resolve this issue without further problems. (Kudos to Oscar Kuo.)

• Ethernet port: Needs acpi_os_name=Linux passed as a kernel parameter. (Kudos to Oscar Kuo.)

Jaunty

Jaunty UNR works on the HPMini, including wireless. However there is a known bug with audio not working at the moment.

• 318942 - no sound from speakers on HP Mini 1000 (hda-intel, IDT 92HD75B2X5)

• There is an outstanding bug involving default ethernet configurations 297263 which prevents ethernet from working if the laptop is booted without the ethernet plugged in.

Kohjinsha SH6

Basically works using Jaunty UNR both as a live session and installed. Sound, video, external buttons, wireless is working. Touchscreen is working but the built-in Touchscreen Calibration tool does not work with it. The screen also does not come back after closing the lid or when it turns off for power saving.

After installing the Penmount driver, the sound rocker will stop working. This can be solved by removing the AddAutoDevices section in xorg.conf. No side-effects so far. See this thread for details.

• 317094 - lshal output for touchscreen

Packard Bell dot sr.NL/305

Works very well with UNR 9.10 however got/had some small issues: * After installing booting hangs. Solved by using noacpi option temporarily. Solved definitively by updating to latest kernel. * Mic only works with some file formats (recording). Does not work with Cheese. * Wireless network (BCM4312) only works with proprietary STA drivers.

Samsung N120

Works well for most things, sound, webcam, ports all reported to work correctly.

• Wireless LAN not detected.

Samsung N510

LaptopTestingTeam/SamsungN510

Works well for most things, sound, webcam, ports all reported to work correctly.

• Wireless LAN not detected. (Works in Lucid)

Toshiba NB100

System keys are working. Most probably moved to Tier-1 after all test done.

Some of the system keys are working only when you switch to console (at least in 9.04).

[Ross] You may find issues with booting/installing UNR from a USB pen drive. Upgrading the BIOS to version 1.90 resolved this in my case, however be warned that it resets your BIOS settings. This may result in a BSOD in XP if you are dual booting and have changed from AHCI to compatibility mode (changing it back to compatibility fixed it).

Toshiba NB205

There are some issues on the wireless and the sound card.

• Wireless: This issue is solved by installing the linux-backport-modules-jaunty.
• Sound: Headphones enabled in guide linked below. The sound card is HDA Intel ALC272.

Further details on the mentioned work-arounds in the following hardware wiki: Toshiba NB205 Hardware Wiki.

Tier 3

These are netbooks that have been tested and are known not to work at the moment.

HP 2133 Mininote

Almost non-usable because of weak VIA Chrome9 videocard support in Ubuntu. Software rendering of UNR interface is painful. Also there are minor problems with non-working mic, unstable falling into suspend and wi-fi not always waking up after resume. Known issues:

• 358793 - UNR jaunty: Slow menu interface, high CPU load (workaround by using traditional menus: Preferences-> Switch Desktop Mode. However, this will turn Ubuntu Netbook Remix into an ordinary Ubuntu Desktop).

• 365688 - Mic doesn't work in jaunty for VIA VT1708 High Definition Audio

• 233920 - Sleep on lid close work only 1 time

Fix available for issues:

• 359291 - Broadcom wi-fi card doesn't work after suspend/hibernate

• 355918 - resolution problem starting X with the wlan network controler activated - Fixed in Karmic Koala in openchrome 1:0.2.903+svn758-0ubuntu1

[Dirk-Heine Hofstede] I installed it at my HP mini-note 2133, and except that the UNR interface reacts slow (workaround available) I didn't encounter any problems so far. My wi-fi card just ran normal and made connection again after I woke my mini up(I have done this only once yet). I didn't use the build in microphone yet, so I can't say anything about that.

[Dipock Das] I also installed it on my HP mini-note 2133 and did not have any problems. The WIFI runs fine even after suspend/hibernate.

[lean-mini] I updated my Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Karmic Koala to 9.10, the update ran alone, and why in a moment I switched off the wifi, data was saved and reconnect everything was running fine. While at first the touchpad was a little stuck, restarting solved the little problem. Although in the beginning you could hear the sound of drums, then do not reproduced sound. Just an update with the manager and reboot for this to be solved (or at least it happened to me, not if related). Everything is working well. More info http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1312633&highlight=2133

Lenovo S12 (VIA Nano CPU based)

• LiveCD install does not work, must use Alternate install CD
• Alternate CD requrires addtional boot parameter: vga=771
• Updated Openchrome video card driver deb files can be retrieved from xorg-edgers: use the commands: add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers; aptitude update; aptitude full-upgrade from a terminal (use Ctl+Alt+F1 to grab one)
• Hard disk throughput is slightly lower than Windows (Not noticeable unless using a high end SSD)

Cendyne VIA C7-M

Known issues:

• 432178 - Mouse, Keyboard, and power button freeze. After freeze only USB mice and keyboards function until reboot.

• Random full system freeze while running.
• PCI Bus error a290, and PCI Bus error 0290, when using ethernet port.

Tested on four seperate machines. The random full system freeze and the frequent input freeze renders this system unusable.

PackardBell MZ35-200

If you own this laptop, do not upgrade it to Ubutun 9.10 which does not run at all. I tried several times a fresh install which I never could complete, using different media (CD, USB)... No problems with Ubuntu 9.04

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