Features, Broken Things, Fixes

Physical Components:
Power Button: Turns on machine, also brings up suspend, hibernate, restart, shutdown prompt in Debian.
Optical Drive: Works out of the box, read/write, no issues.
SD Reader: Works out of the box, automounts, no issues. SD card adapter with MicroSD works too.
Webcam: Does not work.
Lid: Failed to Suspend: Failed to execute child process /usr/sbin/pm-suspend (no such file or directory), stdout:(null), stderr:(null) ... screen locked instead. Fix: Install pm-utils package.

Function keys:
F1 (sleep): Works with package listed above
F2 (wifi): Turns wifi off, LED stays on
F5 (lcd dark): Does not work
F6 (lcd bright): Does not work
F7 (lcd on/off): Works
F8 (projector out): ! not tested yet
F9 (trackpad on/off): Does not work
F10 (vol mute): Works
F11 (vol down): Works
F12 (vol up): Works

F9 Fix:
1. Create off.sh,

#!/bin/sh
rmmod psmouse

2. Create on.sh

#~/bin/sh
modprobe psmouse

3. Create custom keyboard shortcuts to run these scripts with gksu sh /path/to/script.sh command. I used F9 to turn on the trackpad and Fn+F9 to turn it off.


Audio
Speakers: Does not work
Headphone jack: Works

Video
VGA out: ! not tested yet
HDMI out: ! not tested yet
NVidia: Always on, doesn't work
(drains battery life from 10 hrs to 5 hrs)

Networking
Works with ath9k kernels, see 'Installation' post.

Touchpad Fix
http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8431344&postcount=14

Brightness Fix
http://forum.notebookreview.com/5665108-post1246.html

Details
Ethernet: Atheros AR8131 Gigabit
Wireless: Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n
CPU: Intel U7300 Core 2 Duo @ 1.30GHz
Battery: 5400mWh