Gussy

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The Acer Aspire 3620 was one of few (in my experience), really easy installs. Almost all hardware was recognized and usable with Linux. There were the common problems, I could not get my wireless network card (Intel Pro/wireless 2200bg) recongized, but I found a driver in development for it here.

At this point almost all hardware is working, I haven't used some of the hardware yet, but all of the most widely often used hardware is working.

The last problem I need to resolve is not being able to monitor the battery running Linux. I've done a little research and it seems the BIOS of these laptops uses something called DSDT.

There a page that explains what it is and why it could be a problem here.

After messing with some of the methods for this fix, I've gotten nowhere and information on this is not widely available (for me, at least), though at least it's known.

So, I keep my laptop plugged in and enjoy, I'll someday fix it, as for the laptop, for the price and Linux compatibility I could not ask for more. : )

Saulo

Hi, I also bought an acer 3620, the 3624WXCi (Celeron M, 256 RAM, 40GB) but even though everything was recognized (I had to install madwifi driver for the wireless card) it has what I believe is a some serious issue.
When I disable the NetworkManager, it starts an annoying sound which persists until I start again the NetworkManager. If I use ifup instead of the NetworkManager, the sound is always there and I mean all the time unless I activate the wirless device. I have a headache literally each time it does the sound (it's so annoying).
Does yours happen to have the same problem??????
(the wireless card is an Atheros)

Thanks.

Xaphoid

So far I've run Ubuntu 6.10 and now Kubuntu 7.04 both installed without a hitch. The only downside is the madwifi driver not being opensourced. What really impressed me was the easy access hardware. Upgrading the hard drive was trivial (40g to 80g) and popping in a memory stick into the open slot was just as easy. It also allows direct access to the WiFi card which rests in a PCI Express slot next to the memory cards! I am of the opinion that this notebook is well worth the price.