Ubuntu on Lenovo B490
The Lenovo B490 laptop has been awarded the status of Enabled for Ubuntu.
Please note that for pre-installed systems:
- The system is available in some regions with a special image of Ubuntu pre-installed by the manufacturer. It takes advantage of the hardware features for this system and may include additional software. You should check when buying the system whether this is an option.
- Standard images of Ubuntu may not work at all on the system or may not work well, though Canonical and computer manufacturers will try to certify the system with future standard releases of Ubuntu.
Releases
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit
Certification notes
- Media cards
- Media cards removal is not detected. Please, remove the card by selecting the safe removal menu
- USB 3.0.
- USB 3.0 devices are seen only as a USB 2.0 before suspend
- Updates required
- This system requires all available updates to be applied in order to work properly.
Hardware overview
This system was tested with these key components:
- Processor
- Intel Corporation Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M CPU @ 2.20GHz
- BIOS
- Lenovo H5ET38WW (1.11 )
- Video
- Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
- Network
- Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
- Network
- Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller
- Storage
- Alcor Micro Corporation Multi Flash Reader

Available from ubuntu.com
Pre-installed by manufacturer