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Acer Aspire One 722 Laptop

Install Debian (xfce), then

# Install sudo and add your user to the sudo group
su -
apt-get install sudo
adduser <username> sudo
# Restart your system

# Install Vim
sudo apt-get install vim

# FIX Display resolution
# Install the AMD/ATI Open Source Driver
# @see: https://wiki.debian.org/AtiHowTo
# Add "contrib" and "non-free" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
# Update the list
sudo apt-get update
# Install the packages
sudo apt-get install firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-video-ati
# Restart your system

# FIX Touchpad scrolling and tapping
sudo vim /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
# Inside the `Section`
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        # Add these three lines
        Option "TapButton1" "1"
        Option "RBCornerButton" "3"
        Option "VertEdgeScroll" "1"
EndSection
# Restart your system

# CPU Firmware
sudo apt-get install amd64-microcode

# Install Adobe Flash Player
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

# FIX Audio mixer, device not detected
alsamixer
# Select the card using F6, exit and run
sudo alsactl store
# Now you can select the device from the audio mixer

# Install Chromium web browser
sudo apt-get install chromium chromium-l10n
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