Keith Its not daunting at all follow the eeepc version of Ubuntu as I did and you will have a working version with all your stuff working. The route you should follow is on the Acer Aspire forum. Only problem I had was FF3 freezing but once again follow the instructions on the forum to remedy that.
Dale On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 23:44, davmor2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 09:40:19 +0000 (GMT), keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Yesterday I splashed out on a new toy - the Acer Aspire One netbook, the > > Linpus Lite version with 1GB ram, and a 120GB Hard Drive. It's a very > nice > > little machine and ideal for a first time user, but the OS is rather > > limited. > > > > I've checked the Howto install Ubuntu on it at > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne and at face value it looks > > pretty daunting. If it all goes pear shaped > > it seems that I've got no means of recovering the original OS because of > > the lack > > of CD drive on the machine. > > > > So before I commit myself, can any > > of our readers who may have already accomplished the feat tell me how > > successful/useable the installation has proved to be. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Keith. > You can drop the linpus cd and a usb pendrive into a machine with a cdrom > reboot select boot from cd and select make rescue usb device (or something > similar). By doing this you effectively create a usb install device in a > similar fashion to Ubuntu. > -- > Seek That Thy Might Know > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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