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Laptop

Asus X550Z

Introduction

Designed for everyday multitasking and entertainment for smart and practical users, the ASUS X Series notebooks redefine your expectations of all-rounder notebook. With a spun-circle finish and patterned palm rests, the X Series adds a touch of sophistication and elegance to everyday computing. Its slim profile is 5% thinner than the previous X Series notebook, and still houses to a large touchpad with intuitive multi-point Smart Gesture input, multiple USB 3.0 ports for fast data transfer and IceCool technology to keep your palm rests cool. Taken from ASUS website about X550ZE Overview

Layout derived from Linlap - The Linux Laptop Wiki

Specification

Manufacturer ASUS
Processor AMD® APU A10-7400P Processor
Chipset AMD A76M FCH
Memory 16GB DDR3L 1600 MHz SDRAM
Display 15.6" 16:9 Full HD (1920x1080)
Graphic AMD Radeon® R5 M230 + Radeon® R7 M265 DX Dual Graphics with 2GB DDR3 VRAM Built-in A10-7400P
Storage 2.5" 9.5mm SATA 1TB 5400/7200 RPM
Optical Drive Super-Multi DVD
Card Reader 2 -in-1 card reader ( SD/ SDHC/ MMC)
Camera VGA Web Camera
Networking Integrated 802.11 b/g/n, Built-in Bluetooth™ V4.0, 10/100/1000/Gigabits Base T
Interface 1 x COMBO audio jack, 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor, 2 x USB 3.0 port(s), 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert, 1 x HDMI
Audio Built-in Speakers And Microphone, SonicMaster

Linux compatibility as tested on updated Fedora 25

Devices	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes	Works out of box
Display	Yes	Tested on both Gnome Session and Gnome on Wayland
Storage	Yes	Works out of box
Optical Drive	Yes	Works out of box
Graphic	Yes	Radeon R5 230 Hainan listed as dedicated graphic card, R7 M265DX Kaveri used by default
HDMI port	Yes	Works out fox (tested on an external HD TV monitor)
Display port	Yes	Works out box
Sound	Yes	Works out of box
Microphone	Yes
Headphone+Microphone combo	Yes
Ethernet	Yes	Works out of box
Wireless	Yes	Works out of box
Bluetooth	Yes	Version 4.0
USB	Yes	Works out of box
Card Reader	Yes	Works out box
Webcam	Yes	Gnome Cheese runs fine
Keyboard	Yes*	Requires kernel-4.9 and above for full use of hotkeys kernel bug#115021 rhbz#1206862
Touchpad	Yes	Works out of box with kernel 4.1 up above
Suspend/Resume	Yes*	Requires kernel-4.9 and above for optimal support kernel bug#115021 rhbz#1206862

Notes

GNOME on Wayland rnow default for Fedora 25
Hotkeys for media, backlight and optimal suspend/resume requires kernel-4.9.0-rc4 and above

Summary

All test is done on an Design Suite 25 based on Fedora Workstation with nearly out-of-box experience.
Optimal power management and hotkeys support require kernel-4.9.0-rc4 and above.
Dual Radeon mode is supported out-of-box where each application can get started with an option of dedicated graphic card, a new feature on Fedora 25 release.

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 * '''Audio'''    Built-in Speakers And Microphone, SonicMaster
-==== Linux compatibility as tested on updated Fedora 24 ====
+==== Linux compatibility as tested on updated Fedora 25 ====
 {|
 ! Devices !! Compatibility !! Comments
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 | Optical Drive || Yes || Works out of box
 |-
-| Graphic || Yes* || Radeon R5 230 is disabled, only R7 265 is fully used
+| Graphic || Yes || Radeon R5 230 Hainan listed as dedicated graphic card, R7 M265DX Kaveri used by default
 |-
 | HDMI port || Yes || Works out fox (tested on an external HD TV monitor)
@@ Line 57: / Line 57: @@
 | Webcam || Yes || Gnome Cheese runs fine
 |-
-| Keyboard || Yes* || Fn keys not functional for backlight, media, suspend and wifi [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206862 rhbz#1206862]
+| Keyboard || Yes* || Requires kernel-4.9  and above for full use of hotkeys [https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115021 kernel bug#115021] [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206862 rhbz#1206862]
 |-
-| Touchpad || Yes || Workaround exists as listed on [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208625 rhbz#1208625] - Fix for ASUS TP500LA seems working for this touchpad too [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182816 rhbz#1182816]
+| Touchpad || Yes || Works out of box with kernel 4.1 up above
 |-
-| Suspend/Resume || Yes* || Occasional freeze after resuming the session, suspend fail when closing the lid
+| Suspend/Resume || Yes* || Requires kernel-4.9 and above for optimal support [https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115021 kernel bug#115021] [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206862 rhbz#1206862]
 |}
 ==== Notes ====
-* GNOME on Wayland runs smoothly with some known issues
+* GNOME on Wayland rnow default for Fedora 25
-* High power consumption due to lack of optimal power management
+* Hotkeys for media, backlight and optimal suspend/resume requires  [https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=115021 kernel-4.9.0-rc4 and above]
-* Hotkeys for media, backlight and suspend non-functional
 ==== Summary ====
-All test is done on an updated Fedora Workstation 22 TC4 with nearly out-of-box experience except the hotkeys and proper power management. Dual Radeon mode is [http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/ currently unsupported on the Linux driver] although works is underway.
+* All test is done on an Design Suite 25 based on Fedora Workstation with nearly out-of-box experience.
+* Optimal power management and hotkeys support require kernel-4.9.0-rc4 and above.
+* Dual Radeon mode is [http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/RadeonFeature/ supported] out-of-box where each application can get started with an option of dedicated graphic card, a new feature on Fedora 25 release.

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