I forgot to say that I am a owner of a Acer one since late September. It is a Christmas present for me but in the spirit of how Christmas comes early in shops, I was allowed to have it early. I had many woes with Tescos as the first one we got didn’t boot up, so it had to been brought back and replaced. I was also disappointed as it doesn’t have a sleeve in the box like in photos that it been reviewed in.
I didn’t like the Linux that came with in. I was way too simple and I felt like they didn’t trust me and that it was like something that RM had fiddled with as it was so restricted with right click menu being turn off and stuff. I knew I can turn that on but still, it didn’t feel right.
So long story short, I managed to get Ubuntu on a USB stick. I did managed to get it working with the stable version but I had problems with sound and the wifi. however I discovered that the beta version fixes all the problems and I only had to unclick something and reboot to get the wifi working. Good times.
i think ive got this… you have a new laptop? it sounds cool! i saw some mini-laptops in staples yesterday which i liked but i am sticking to my dell desktop with xp and dualview for now. A person is a person only through other people ¬_¬
Comment by Gav — October 19, 2008 @ 1:29 am
I can’t wait to put Ubuntu on mine; once the next release is out I’m doing it!
Comment by Georgie Hammerton — October 19, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
gav: Yeah, I still use my computer mostly but it is handy for listening to music whilst internet browsing downstairs.
georgie: Its only 13 days or something till its out!
Comment by Edward — October 24, 2008 @ 8:43 pm