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 8GB 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 Fedora 22 Beta
| 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 | |
| HDMI port | Yes | Works out fox |
| Display port | Yes | Works out box |
| Sound | Yes | Works out of box |
| Microphone | Yes | |
| Headphone+Microphone combo | Yes | |
| Ethernet | Not tested | |
| 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 froze on startup rhbz#1206809, Runs fine on other applications |
| Keyboard | Yes | Fn keys not functional rhbz#1206862 |
| Touchpad | Yes | Workaround exists as listed on rhbz#1208625 - Fix for ASUS TP500LA seems working for this touchpad too rhbz#1182816 |
| Suspend/Resume | Yes |
Notes
- Default GNOME session crashes after authentication from login screen -> Bug from xorg-x11-drv-ati driver
- GNOME on Wayland runs smoothly with some known issues such as cursor animation, totem and cheese segmentation fault
- High power consumption due to lack of optimal power management
Summary
All test is done is Fedora Workstation 22 TC4. The recent upgrade brought a nearly out-of-box experience except the hotkeys and proper power management.