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differences in the entry: vendor
Asus
differences in the entry: model name
X555ub
differences in the entry: subtype (notebook or netbook)
notebook
differences in the entry: architecture
amd64
differences in the entry: does it have a free bios?
yes not-specified
differences in the entry: can free operating systems be installed?
yes
differences in the entry: does the device prevent the installation of wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
no
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
2015
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
debian , debian_7 , debian_8
differences in the entry: compatibility with free software
D-bronze
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
3.2, 3.16-generic
differences in the entry: video card model
Geforce 940m
differences in the entry: does the video card work?
no
differences in the entry: wifi model
Realtek
differences in the entry: does the wifi card work?
yes
differences in the entry: webcam model
differences in the entry: does the webcam work?
not-specified
differences in the entry: Description
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 Don't bother trying to get bumblebee as it is no longer maintained and not detected by it.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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