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Unterschiede: Hersteller
Asus
Unterschiede: Modellbezeichnung
X555ub
Unterschiede: subtype (notebook or netbook)
notebook
Unterschiede: Architektur
amd64
Unterschiede: does it have a free bios?
yes not-specified
Unterschiede: can free operating systems be installed?
yes
Unterschiede: does the device prevent the installation of wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
no
Unterschiede: Jahr der Markteinführung
2015
Unterschiede: Verwendete GNU/Linux-Distribution für die Überprüfung
debian , debian_7 , debian_8
Unterschiede: Kompatibilität mit Freie Software
D-bronze
Unterschiede: Überbrüft mit folgendem freien Betriebssystemkern (Libre Kernel)
3.2, 3.16-generic
Unterschiede: Grafikkarte
Geforce 940m
Unterschiede: Funktioniert die Grafik einwandfrei?
no
Unterschiede: WLAN
Realtek
Unterschiede: Funktioniert das WLAN einwandfrei?
yes
Unterschiede: Funktioniert einwandfrei mit Freie Software?
not-specified
Unterschiede: Beschreibung
Laptop is a Windows 10 dedicated machine. Many drivers are unavailable and from boot up there are issues. Windows 7 is intentionally incompatible as even basic things like USB ports do not work on the system. Mousepad does not work for any Linux distro with a kernel lower than 4.3. My attempts to upgrade the kernel in Debian 8 would cause the X server to be broken afterwards. The GPU uses Nvidia Optimus (Allows running specific programs using the GPU for more power and save battery. Everything else on CPU.) Don't bother trying to get bumblebee as it is no longer maintained and not detected by it. I got nvidia-switch and bbswitch to work on Ubuntu 15.10 but things stopped working after the upgrade to 16.04. Installing the Nvidia drivers causes black screen. If you managed to get the GPU to work, you would only be able to use the GPU or CPU only unless you install one and remove the other (Battery killer). Either board or CPU causes major pcie errors. The error that usually show is this:
PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer id=00e5
device[8086:9d15] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
It repeats constantly with only the option to do a hard reset. The only fix I have been able to find is to run the arguments pci=noaer,nomsi in the grub menu. Wireless would sometimes not be detected when recovering from sleep. 16.04 wireless actually stops working after a while. Have not tested webcam.
Ubuntu and Linux mint would also give graphical glitches. Ubuntu wouldn't remove minimized or closed windows unless you switch desktops or move a window in front of the existing. Linux mint would just flicker.
Not recommended. Even for a Windows 10 laptop. (The GPU crashes often)
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