Linux Mint friendly Laptops

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This List contains details of Laptops that are known to work " out_of_the_box" with various flavours of Linux Mint.

  • Toshiba Satellite S2450-101[1] LiunxMint 5.0 "Elyssa" works great with out any problems. Envy was used to get 3D support with the nVidia 420 Go. I installed an INTEL 2915ABG[2] mini-pci wifi card and that works fine also - a fully supported laptop.
  • Lenovo 3000 n200 MINT 5.0 Everything works perfect except sound, which like most laptops can be fixed in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and for the lenovo you want to add the line options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=lenovo
  • Dell XPS m1330 work's fine with LinuxMint 5.0 "Elyssa". The Intel 4965 chipset (Wifi) work's in mode monitor, webcam do this work but the fingerprint reader of this adornment
  • Acer Aspire 5610z (cheap WalMart computer) LinuxMint4.0 works great. I can't think of any problems that I have had. Pentium Dual core T2060 1.6mhz. 1 gig of memory. intel 945gm - graphics. Came with Vista - could not play movies without getting all choppy, blocky and stalled out. Daryna played movies without incident. Atheros and Mad-wifi played real nice together. Can connect to public wi-fi.
  • Rock Pegasus TI works fine with LinuxMint 4.0 "Daryna". Modem driver is installed by "restricted-manager" at first boot (Note: the package might not be there if you installed the KDE edition, get it with Synaptic or apt-get). Same for ATI driver. Everything else is perfectly autodetected.
  • HP Compaq nx9030 Intel Centrino, Pentium-M @ 1.5GHz, Intel GM855 graphics, ipw2200 Wi-Fi, No problems found with the hardware in Linux Mint versions 3.0 and 3.1. Beryl works fine too, but OpenGL apps sometimes have display glitches while Beryl turned on. This is not problem of Mint, but a i915 driver and AIGLX. Hibernate works fine even with Beryl!
  • Asus G1 AP021C Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz, No problems with the hardware in Linux Mint "Celena" 3.1 For the Camera in the Lid there exists a sourceforge module which works. See Blog zockertown.de Tag Asus G1
  • Acer 2428 Travelmate, Centrino 1.7Ghz, No problems with any of the hardware in Linux Mint 2.1 "Bea, 2.2 "Bianca", 3.0 "Cassandra", 3.1 "Celena" and 4.0 "Daryna".
  • Compaq Presario 2819AP, No problems with any of the hardware. No problems with Cisco Aironet 350 Wifi card.
  • Compaq Presario v5000 series , (Semp/Tur proceessor, Ati Mobility x200M, BCM4318), No problems with Linux Mint 3.1 "Celena" Stable, wireless working via ndiswrapper, suspend working after tweaking a few /etc/default/acpi-support parameters, XGL + compiz fusion enabled, wifi working flawlessly, Media card reader - not tested.
  • Forcebook Terra Centrino 1.6Ghz, No problems with any of the hardware in Linux Mint 2.2 "Bianca" and 3.0 "Cassandra" (didn't test card reader or infrared).
  • System76 Pangolin Celeron M 1.46Gz, No problems with any of the hardware in Linux Mint 3.0 "Cassandra", connected flawlessly to wireless with WiFi card.
  • MSI Mega Book S262, Everything works out of the box (from Barbara to Cassandra), card reader perfect, wifi too
  • the same with an ASUS S6F. No problem with screen resolution (1366 x 768) after adding a new package, thanks Clem
  • Acer Aspire 3628, Centrino 1.7Ghz. Wifi works (Intel Pro 2200bg), screen resolution (1280 x 800) is detected, 3D VGA acceleration works. All works fine in Linux Mint "Cassandra".
  • Acer Asipre 1310xc, Everything works out of the box with Daryna.
  • Dell Inspiron 6400/1505, Core Duo T2050, Intel 950 graphics and 3945 wireless works perfectly. Modem untested, but all other hardware fully functional with "Cassandra".
  • Asus A9R, Celeron 1.6Ghz, No problems with any of the hardware in Linux Mint 2.2 "Bianca" and 3.0 "Cassandra".
  • Samsung Q35 (NP-Q35) both versions, All hardware works with 2.2 "Bianca" and "Cassandra" with the exception of sound this can be fixed with this simple change: 
add single_cmd=1 and model=laptop-eapd options to /etc/modprobe.conf:

options snd-hda-intel index=0 single_cmd=1 model=laptop-eapd
  • Acer Aspire 1353XV, Works with Bianca and Cassandra.
  • Toshiba A100 TA7 (PSAA8C-TA702C), Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T5500, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 8MB-128MB, Realtek ALC861, 10/100 integrated Ethernet LAN, Intel Wireless LAN (802.11a/b/g).
  • IBM Thinkpad R30, Intel P3 1GHz, Trident Cyberblade/i1, screen resolution (1024x768), all hardware including Thinkpad volume key works cleanly. All works in Linux Mint 3.0 XFCE.
  • Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Si 1520 ,works like a charme. see my notes:[3]
  • Fujitsu Lifebook S Series, works perfectly. Make sure to use the Intel Integrated Graphics Driver to get Compiz to work.
  • Compaq Presario 2598US (2500 Series) Laptop, Wireless did not work off of live CD, but after installed to hard drive, Mint Darnya handled flawlessly. And Mint KDE only required a little help.
  • IBM ThinkPad T61 installed Darnya with no issues.
  • Sharp Muramasa PC-MM2-5NE, Works with Daryna.



The following list contains details of Laptops that are known to work but may have minor issues (which must be listed) with various flavours of Linux Mint.

  • Dell Latitude D810, Works with Elyssa just great. Installed video drivers (ATI RADEON X600) using EnvyNG and wireless (Broadcom 4318/Dell Wireless 1370) with bm43-fwcutter. Other than that, everything else was supported out-of-box.
  • Acer Aspire 9410 17" Widescreen Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor T2080, Seems to work mostly out of the box. The only problems I ran into is the built in Wifi adapter failed to work. This may be correctable with ndiswrapper but is not confirmed. The lib web cam may also not work, but I have not confirmed this. This laptop was tested with Linux Mint 3.1 Celena.
  • Acer Aspire 3023 WLMi Everything works out of the box in Celena, except the WiFi adapter. You need to install ndiswrapper windows drivers and acerhk to make it work.
  • HP Pavilion dv2108ea Intel(R) 'Centrino Duo' CPU T2050 @ 1.60GHz 1 GB RAM Intel 3945 a,b,g WiFi , Linux Mint more or less works out of the box, including hibernate, suspend, standby. The only thing that doesn't work is the web cam in the laptop lid.
  • HP Pavilion dv6618eo AMD Athlon X2 on Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna, nVidia GeForce 8400M GS works with envy, Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI works with ndiswrapper [4], webcam (064e:a110 Suyin Corp.) works out of the box with Cheese, though with a poor framerate, Quick buttons works with MPlayer. Hibernate, suspend, 5-in-1 card reader and remote control has not been tested.
  • Acer Aspire 4315 works mostly out of the box with Daryna - only small problem with Atheros chip which can be solved by installing madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz without further linux knowledge.
  • Dell Inspiron i6000 1.5 GHz 512 MB RAM , Linux Mint works out of the box, including hibernate, suspend, standby. The only thing that doesn't work is wifi, which works 100% with ndiswrapper.
  • Dell Inspiron B130 1.5 GHz 512 MB RAM , Linux Mint works out of the box, including hibernate, suspend, standby. The only thing that doesn't work is wifi, which works 100% with ndiswrapper.
  • Toshiba Satellite P200-1EE Mint 4.0 works with no major problems found so far and can be used quite happily out of the box. The ATI HD2600 graphics works fine out of the box but updating the driver using Envy (manual settings/choose latest ATI binaries) increases performance and resolution to 1440 x 900. Compiz works automatically after the Envy update with a minor glitch (the program screen thumbnails/previews appear white when switching programs/desktops). Because I chose a separate /boot partition, the grub graphic (message.mint) was not found but this was corrected by copying the image file from /etc/grub to /boot/grub and editing menu.lst to match (leave out "/boot" in the path). Some of the special function keys work (volume dial, mute, Internet button, screen brightness); other keys have not been tested yet. Haven't yet tested hibernate & suspend, wireless (but it scans and detects APs close by) or card reader. I'll update this as I test things or find problems. So far, I'd recommend this laptop/Mint combination to anyone.
  • Toshiba Satellite A210-11K Mint 4.0 works with no real problems. Problem with sound card: When headphones are connected, sound still plays through main speakers. Turning Master Volume off and turning PCM to full kinda solves it, but the sound level is quite low. Wifi doesn't work outta the box but can be fixed by following instructions here. 3D support doesn't work out of the box and can also be fixed by following the instructions here.
  • Acer Aspire 5102WLMI AMD Turion64 X2, ATI Mobility X1300 graphics and AR5007EG Wireless, Graphics are perfect with restricted drivers enabled, though could not get compiz working before without killing the mouse(not sure why) and have not tested this install. Wireless works perfectly under ndiswrapper, have not tested the ath_pci revision, Special function keys not working, although Fn+ function keys work perfectly. Not tested suspend or hibernate. Webcam works well with cheese although colour is a bit off. Wont always detect external hard drive on boot.
  • Dell Inspiron 2200 After multiple attempts with different distributions, I changed the Broadcom wireless card for an Atheros 802.11g card that was available from a friend. Under a fresh installation of Mint 4.0, everything worked! I have a laptop with decent screen resolution, sound, and my wired and wireless networking. The Atheros card (AR5212/5213) was recognized without any problem, and WPA was as simple as typing in the passkey. The machine is dual-boot with Windows XP SP3.
  • Acer Aspire 1690 DDR2 Works fine, only thing not working are the card readers. Wifi no problems, drivers for X700 also no problems. Sound good, most of the things work out of box.
  • Acer TravelMate 5720 Running from the live CD, the wireless didn't work but after installation it worked fine (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG). The function keys ('Fn' + key) even work, e.g. for display brightness. Remaining problems: (1) Sound stops working after restoring from hibernate. Doesn't bother me much. There is a forum post from someone with the same problem. Sound volume level is rather low, even with sliders adjusted all the way up. Laptop uses Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller. (2) Sometime after the display goes to sleep (i.e. power-management kicks-in, after screensaver has been active), the machine can lock up - I have to do a hard reset. This I find less acceptable. Don't know whether this is s/saver related or something to do with video drivers. Display on this laptop uses the Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller. Tried looking in forums for a solution - not found one so far.

[edit] Notes

All the Ubuntu computers can easily install Linux Mint.

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