Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook.....
Hi everybody, sorry its taken me so long to get back to you. I really appreciate all the messages, they have been a big help. I got my little netbook, but I managed to find one in Curries instead, slightly different specs, but the same as the one I mentioned. Acer Aspire. It has Linux Lite on it. I have been fiddling around with it, but I am eager to get Ubuntu installed. The problem is, I'm not very good with Linux, not been using it that long. If I install Ubuntu eee, via the stick, is it an easy install, and will it install over the software I have already, or will it install in a partition? I did have a look at the 8.10 installation, but I wouldnt have a clue about having to tweak, I didnt understand that, so I would be happy for the moment, with 8.04, and I can start getting used to that. Can somebody sort of show me some directions for the installation, if there are any, I am pretty good with directions. Thanks again for your help. John. keith wrote: John, Here is a copy of my posting to this forum on 14 Nov 2008. I am still of the opinion that this is a brilliant little machine :- "Rob, You may remember replying to a post of mine last week about the Acer. I bought mine from a Tesco store for the same price as Tesco direct, although it is cheaper at amazon and play.com. It has 1 GB ram and a 120GB hard drive. I installed Ubuntu eee (which is v8.04) via usb stick and everything just worked. The only drawback is the volume of the sound, some people might want it louder. There is a workaround, but I understand v8.10, with a later version of alsa, will fix this so it's not a problem for me. Cheers," I have subsequently upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 with no problem. Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook.....
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 13:23, John jake...@sky.com wrote: I got my little netbook, but I managed to find one in Curries instead, slightly different specs, but the same as the one I mentioned. Acer Aspire. If I install Ubuntu eee, via the stick, is it an easy install, and will it install over the software I have already, or will it install in a partition? I did have a look at the 8.10 installation, but I wouldnt have a clue about having to tweak, I didnt understand that, so I would be happy for the moment, with 8.04, and I can start getting used to that. Ubuntu will install in a partition. Or you can delete all of the current partitions and use the whole drive for Ubuntu (you can do this in the Ubuntu installer). The eee pc comes with a restore disc that will set up the partitions as they were out of the box, I'd assume Acers recovery disk will too, but you may wish to check this for additional peace of mind. You can also just keep booting from the stick (though performance will be slower and I don't think you can install new packages), it's good to get a taster though. How come you're installing ubuntu eee? I believe it has a customised kernel which may not be the best possible for someone with an acer (though I don't know anything about the acer so could be wrong). You can get the ubuntu netbook interface by installing standard ubuntu and then installing the ubuntu-netbook-* packages. If you haven't yet read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick you may like to. Dean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Dean Sas wrote: On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 13:23, John jake...@sky.com wrote: I got my little netbook, but I managed to find one in Curries instead, slightly different specs, but the same as the one I mentioned. Acer Aspire. If I install Ubuntu eee, via the stick, is it an easy install, and will it install over the software I have already, or will it install in a partition? I did have a look at the 8.10 installation, but I wouldnt have a clue about having to tweak, I didnt understand that, so I would be happy for the moment, with 8.04, and I can start getting used to that. Ubuntu will install in a partition. Or you can delete all of the current partitions and use the whole drive for Ubuntu (you can do this in the Ubuntu installer). The eee pc comes with a restore disc that will set up the partitions as they were out of the box, I'd assume Acers recovery disk will too, but you may wish to check this for additional peace of mind. You can also just keep booting from the stick (though performance will be slower and I don't think you can install new packages), it's good to get a taster though. How come you're installing ubuntu eee? I believe it has a customised kernel which may not be the best possible for someone with an acer (though I don't know anything about the acer so could be wrong). You can get the ubuntu netbook interface by installing standard ubuntu and then installing the ubuntu-netbook-* packages. If you haven't yet read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick you may like to. Dean Hi, it was from the gentleman that posted before me that I took it to be easier to install Ubuntu eee. But if its the easy to install the Notebook version, then I'll do that as well. One thing though, how do i make the stick bootable? Do I just download the install files off Ubuntu site? I did find those files, but they looked a bit confusing. it also says that there's a bug installing via the net, which has made it broken. I just wondered, looking at this, it could be more complicated than I imagined it. Does anybody live near central London, or within travel distance that could possibly be prepared to help me out with this? I'd be willing to pay. Thanks for the help. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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I just wondered, looking at this, it could be more complicated than I imagined it. Does anybody live near central London, or within travel distance that could possibly be prepared to help me out with this? I'd be willing to pay. Is there a LUG meeting going on anywhere near you? It may not be immediately close but there is a Surrey LUG meeting on 14th in Farnborough, Hampshire and you could just bring your machine along with you and people there should be happy to help. It may even become a sort of 'group project' for the meeting. I'm not sure if I will be there, but if so I'll be bringing my Acer Aspire One with Intrepid on it. For more info, see: http://surrey.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BringABox Regards, Robert. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Robert Longstaff dreamf...@dreamfish.org.uk wrote: I just wondered, looking at this, it could be more complicated than I imagined it. Does anybody live near central London, or within travel distance that could possibly be prepared to help me out with this? I'd be willing to pay. Hi John, I live in zone 3, collier wood tube station. Email me off list and we can make a plan :-) --Michael _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook.....
Michael G Fletcher wrote: On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Robert Longstaff dreamf...@dreamfish.org.uk wrote: I just wondered, looking at this, it could be more complicated than I imagined it. Does anybody live near central London, or within travel distance that could possibly be prepared to help me out with this? I'd be willing to pay. Hi John, I live in zone 3, collier wood tube station. Email me off list and we can make a plan :-) --Michael _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com Hi Mike, I just e-mailed you now, Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Larry Wrote : Bought one Tesco at Very good price 6 weeks in Failed with bios fault still trying to get fixed they had a thirty day limit on normal guarantee so beware Tesco's John wrote: Michael G Fletcher wrote: On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Robert Longstaff dreamf...@dreamfish.org.uk wrote: I just wondered, looking at this, it could be more complicated than I imagined it. Does anybody live near central London, or within travel distance that could possibly be prepared to help me out with this? I'd be willing to pay. Hi John, I live in zone 3, collier wood tube station. Email me off list and we can make a plan :-) --Michael _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com Hi Mike, I just e-mailed you now, Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Oh, what happened with the Bios, did you install Ubuntu on it? Mine was bought in Curries, I paid for an extended warante, have had good responses before with their warante. John Larry Wright wrote: Larry Wrote : Bought one Tesco at Very good price 6 weeks in Failed with bios fault still trying to get fixed they had a thirty day limit on normal guarantee so beware Tesco's John wrote: Michael G Fletcher wrote: On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Robert Longstaff dreamf...@dreamfish.org.uk wrote: I just wondered, looking at this, it could be more complicated than I imagined it. Does anybody live near central London, or within travel distance that could possibly be prepared to help me out with this? I'd be willing to pay. Hi John, I live in zone 3, collier wood tube station. Email me off list and we can make a plan :-) --Michael _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com Hi Mike, I just e-mailed you now, Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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John wrote: Oh, what happened with the Bios, did you install Ubuntu on it? Mine was bought in Curries, I paid for an extended warante, have had good responses before with their warante. John Larry Wright wrote: Larry Wrote : Bought one Tesco at Very good price 6 weeks in Failed with bios fault still trying to get fixed they had a thirty day limit on normal guarantee so beware Tesco's John wrote: Michael G Fletcher wrote: On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Robert Longstaff dreamf...@dreamfish.org.uk wrote: I just wondered, looking at this, it could be more complicated than I imagined it. Does anybody live near central London, or within travel distance that could possibly be prepared to help me out with this? I'd be willing to pay. Hi John, I live in zone 3, collier wood tube station. Email me off list and we can make a plan :-) --Michael _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com Hi Mike, I just e-mailed you now, Thank you. John. The machine failed to boot after full install of Ubuntu 8.10 plus it had run for over a fortnight in that condition working perfect as far as I can see just no bios so machine bricked regards Larry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Dave Morley wrote: On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:04 +, Robert Longstaff wrote: I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? I have an Aspire One 150 and I'm very satisfied with it. I immediately wiped out Linpus and put generic Ubuntu Intrepid on it. After only a small amount of tweaking (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne is invaluable), nearly everything works perfectly. The only bit that doesn't are the card slots for certain types of HD card, though I consider that minor. Otherwise the screen, wifi and webcam are all fine. It's not brilliantly fast but not bad for a netbook. Admittedly, an extra 512Mb would be good but I gather it's something of a nightmare to install it - apparently you have to essentially dismantle the entire machine to do so! The default battery only gives about 2h time, so I've ordered a larger one which should give up to 6h. Finally, to install ubuntu, use the UNetbootin utlity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin) to transfer the ISO onto a pen drive and boot from USB. Worked fine for me. Anything else, just ask! Regards, Robert. You do have to dismantle it but it's not that hard as long as you take your time and are methodical. It's a really nice machine to dismantle see the youtube videos My cousin has an Acer Aspire One and it worked fine with Ubuntu 8.10(standard not one built for web books), picked up the wireless card with a little bit of playing about but 3g connection works fine out of the box. Very impressed by it. Regards, Daniel -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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John, Here is a copy of my posting to this forum on 14 Nov 2008. I am still of the opinion that this is a brilliant little machine :- Rob, You may remember replying to a post of mine last week about the Acer. I bought mine from a Tesco store for the same price as Tesco direct, although it is cheaper at amazon and play.com. It has 1 GB ram and a 120GB hard drive. I installed Ubuntu eee (which is v8.04) via usb stick and everything just worked. The only drawback is the volume of the sound, some people might want it louder. There is a workaround, but I understand v8.10, with a later version of alsa, will fix this so it's not a problem for me. Cheers, I have subsequently upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 with no problem. Keith. --- Keith Bowerman, Prestwood, south Staffs, England.-- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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2009/2/2 Dr James Stevens-Turner ja...@btguk.org John, Maplin are offering a laptop at £99.99 plus one at £129.99, with Linux on! James. I have played with one of these, a branded Elonex one and the quality is terrible. The keyboard is just 'too' small. At least with an Acer or Asus netbook you can adapt to the smaller useable keys. I don't think the Maplin £99 laptop is worth the plastic it's made from. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 02/02/2009 14:02, Dr James Stevens-Turner wrote: John, Maplin are offering a laptop at £99.99 plus one at £129.99, with Linux on! James. From what I understand they have a MIPS CPU (which rules out running Ubuntu) and it doesn't support things like Flash properly. To be honest I'd rather pay the extra for an Aspire or EeePC. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? I have an Aspire One 150 and I'm very satisfied with it. I immediately wiped out Linpus and put generic Ubuntu Intrepid on it. After only a small amount of tweaking (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne is invaluable), nearly everything works perfectly. The only bit that doesn't are the card slots for certain types of HD card, though I consider that minor. Otherwise the screen, wifi and webcam are all fine. It's not brilliantly fast but not bad for a netbook. Admittedly, an extra 512Mb would be good but I gather it's something of a nightmare to install it - apparently you have to essentially dismantle the entire machine to do so! The default battery only gives about 2h time, so I've ordered a larger one which should give up to 6h. Finally, to install ubuntu, use the UNetbootin utlity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin) to transfer the ISO onto a pen drive and boot from USB. Worked fine for me. Anything else, just ask! Regards, Robert. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:04 +, Robert Longstaff wrote: I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? I have an Aspire One 150 and I'm very satisfied with it. I immediately wiped out Linpus and put generic Ubuntu Intrepid on it. After only a small amount of tweaking (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne is invaluable), nearly everything works perfectly. The only bit that doesn't are the card slots for certain types of HD card, though I consider that minor. Otherwise the screen, wifi and webcam are all fine. It's not brilliantly fast but not bad for a netbook. Admittedly, an extra 512Mb would be good but I gather it's something of a nightmare to install it - apparently you have to essentially dismantle the entire machine to do so! The default battery only gives about 2h time, so I've ordered a larger one which should give up to 6h. Finally, to install ubuntu, use the UNetbootin utlity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin) to transfer the ISO onto a pen drive and boot from USB. Worked fine for me. Anything else, just ask! Regards, Robert. You do have to dismantle it but it's not that hard as long as you take your time and are methodical. It's a really nice machine to dismantle see the youtube videos -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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UNetbootin works fine but if you're able to run Ubuntu elsewhere, go to System/Administration/Create a USB startup disk - with that you'll need a USB memory stick of at least 1 Gig and a linux ISO image. Once done, reboot (change bios if needed and from that point on it's just like using a live boot cd). I got my Aspire One from Amazon with the 1 gig ram pre-installed (120 HDD) for £210 and I've never looked back. The tweaking link on the Ubuntu Community site that most have listed gives you everything you need. Frankly, I don't see why Acer are wasting their time with Linpus when having Ubuntu out of the box would put them leagues ahead of all other netbook manufacturers. The hardware is superb, if they just stopped playing around and installed a decent distro, it would be a 5 star machine. 2009/2/2 Robert Longstaff dreamf...@dreamfish.org.uk I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? I have an Aspire One 150 and I'm very satisfied with it. I immediately wiped out Linpus and put generic Ubuntu Intrepid on it. After only a small amount of tweaking (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne is invaluable), nearly everything works perfectly. The only bit that doesn't are the card slots for certain types of HD card, though I consider that minor. Otherwise the screen, wifi and webcam are all fine. It's not brilliantly fast but not bad for a netbook. Admittedly, an extra 512Mb would be good but I gather it's something of a nightmare to install it - apparently you have to essentially dismantle the entire machine to do so! The default battery only gives about 2h time, so I've ordered a larger one which should give up to 6h. Finally, to install ubuntu, use the UNetbootin utlity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin) to transfer the ISO onto a pen drive and boot from USB. Worked fine for me. Anything else, just ask! Regards, Robert. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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I got myself one of those. It's got a very dated an unattractive looking interface, and firefox 2 beta. It runs a 2.4 kernel on a MIPSEL processor. You cant reach the TTY or a graphical shell, andthe pacakge management/upgrade system doesnt work. The OS is a lockdown so you cant install anything else, except xenium linux which is hacked to work on it. When I tried xenium, it made it permanently unbootable. Then the battery exploded/melted. After a lot of arguing, i got a refund, but only for the notebook itself, and not the 16 quid postage both ways. 2009/2/2 Dr James Stevens-Turner ja...@btguk.org: John, Maplin are offering a laptop at £99.99 plus one at £129.99, with Linux on! James. - Original Message - From: John To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:56 PM Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook. I finally found a relatively cheap notebook with what seems like good specs, and was wondering what people though of it. The only thing it hasnt got is a dvd/cd player. I cant even find one that has. If anybody knows of a notebook that has one can they let me know? The specs are Acer Aspire One A150-Aw Netbook, Linpus Linux Lite version, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 120GB HD with a Kingston Technology 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 SODIMM Insert as an extra, the whole package costs £200. I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? Thank you. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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Contact your Trading Standards Department, you are not expected to be out of pocket due to defective goods. Michael --- On Mon, 2/2/09, Alec Wright ale...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alec Wright ale...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook. To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Monday, 2 February, 2009, 5:27 PM I got myself one of those. It's got a very dated an unattractive looking interface, and firefox 2 beta. It runs a 2.4 kernel on a MIPSEL processor. You cant reach the TTY or a graphical shell, andthe pacakge management/upgrade system doesnt work. The OS is a lockdown so you cant install anything else, except xenium linux which is hacked to work on it. When I tried xenium, it made it permanently unbootable. Then the battery exploded/melted. After a lot of arguing, i got a refund, but only for the notebook itself, and not the 16 quid postage both ways. 2009/2/2 Dr James Stevens-Turner ja...@btguk.org: John, Maplin are offering a laptop at £99.99 plus one at £129.99, with Linux on! James. - Original Message - From: John To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:56 PM Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook. I finally found a relatively cheap notebook with what seems like good specs, and was wondering what people though of it. The only thing it hasnt got is a dvd/cd player. I cant even find one that has. If anybody knows of a notebook that has one can they let me know? The specs are Acer Aspire One A150-Aw Netbook, Linpus Linux Lite version, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 120GB HD with a Kingston Technology 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 SODIMM Insert as an extra, the whole package costs £200. I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? Thank you. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 13:56 +, John wrote: I finally found a relatively cheap notebook with what seems like good specs, and was wondering what people though of it. The only thing it hasnt got is a dvd/cd player. I cant even find one that has. If anybody knows of a notebook that has one can they let me know? The specs are Acer Aspire One A150-Aw Netbook, Linpus Linux Lite version, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 120GB HD with a Kingston Technology 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 SODIMM Insert as an extra, the whole package costs £200. I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? Thank you. John There are a couple of issues with Ubuntu on the acer all relatively minor https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne110L should give you an idea. It's easy to install you just use create a usb startup disc under system admin on your ubuntu system with the cd in the machine. My 110 is running almost flawlessly. Hope that helps. -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On 02/02/2009 17:27, Alec Wright wrote: I got myself one of those. It's got a very dated an unattractive looking interface, and firefox 2 beta. It runs a 2.4 kernel on a MIPSEL processor. You cant reach the TTY or a graphical shell, andthe pacakge management/upgrade system doesnt work. The OS is a lockdown so you cant install anything else, except xenium linux which is hacked to work on it. When I tried xenium, it made it permanently unbootable. Then the battery exploded/melted. After a lot of arguing, i got a refund, but only for the notebook itself, and not the 16 quid postage both ways. I presume you're on about the Maplin netbook rather than the Aspire One? I did consider one of those Maplin netbooks when they were nearer to £150 but after reading that they didn't have an x86-compatible processor I decided against it. There's one thing about getting a netbook that is capable of running XP, at least you know it's pretty likely that Ubuntu will run on it without much messing around. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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John, Maplin are offering a laptop at £99.99 plus one at £129.99, with Linux on! James. - Original Message - From: John To: British Ubuntu Talk Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:56 PM Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook. I finally found a relatively cheap notebook with what seems like good specs, and was wondering what people though of it. The only thing it hasnt got is a dvd/cd player. I cant even find one that has. If anybody knows of a notebook that has one can they let me know? The specs are Acer Aspire One A150-Aw Netbook, Linpus Linux Lite version, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 120GB HD with a Kingston Technology 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 SODIMM Insert as an extra, the whole package costs £200. I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? Thank you. John -- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 14:02 +, Dr James Stevens-Turner wrote: John, Maplin are offering a laptop at £99.99 plus one at £129.99, with Linux on! After a lot of research I discovered that these are arm based and no good for any of the mobile versions of Ubuntu. The acers are about the cheapest for an ubuntu install -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Buying a Acer Notebook.....
I finally found a relatively cheap notebook with what seems like good specs, and was wondering what people though of it. The only thing it hasnt got is a dvd/cd player. I cant even find one that has. If anybody knows of a notebook that has one can they let me know? The specs are Acer Aspire One A150-Aw Netbook, Linpus Linux Lite version, 512MB DDR2 RAM, 120GB HD with a Kingston Technology 1GB 667MHz DDR2 Non-ECC CL5 SODIMM Insert as an extra, the whole package costs 200. I wondered if that was a good deal, also I wondered how easy it would be to install Ubuntu on it. As it doesnt have a dvd/cd player, would Ubuntu work on it, and how would I install it? Thank you. John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
