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 24
| 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 is disabled, only R7 265 is fully used |
| 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* | Fn keys not functional for backlight, media, suspend and wifi rhbz#1206862 kernel bug#115021 |
| Touchpad | Yes | Work out of box with kernel 4.1 up above |
| Suspend/Resume | Yes* | Occasional freeze after resuming the session, suspend fail when closing the lid |
Notes
- GNOME on Wayland runs smoothly with some known issues
- High power consumption due to lack of optimal power management
- Hotkeys for media, backlight and suspend functional with fix for kernel-4.8.0
Summary
All test is done on an updated Fedora Workstation 24 with nearly out-of-box experience except the hotkeys and proper power management. Dual Radeon mode is currently unsupported on the Linux driver although works is underway.