On 9/24/05, Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/23/05, Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder how many folks here have read the fine print in the latest of > > Acer's > > "Sub 40k" notebook ads. They bundle Linux on them, and mention at the bottom > > in small print, something like this: > > > > "The linux that is preloaded is a free version and would have limited > > functionality until another operating system is installed". > > > > Is this another way for these hardware vendors to appease Microsoft while > > trying to sell budget notebooks bundled with Linux? > > I can not comment on intentions of other potential users but Limpus > Linux that came preinstalled on this laptop was nothing to even try. > Loading Ubuntu/FC3/FC4 fialed. Debian/FC2/CentOS/RHEL-WS works but > barely as there seems to be somespecific hardware issue with > read-writes. hdparm says DMA is enabled, dmesg says otherwise. And I > am struggling for last four weeks and ruing my decision to purchase > WiFi enabled note book. > OTOH the other note book - Acer celeron works cool!
A friend on mine is successfully running Ubuntu on an Acer notebook he bought a couple of months ago. He very helpfully documented the problems he faced and the solutions he discovered on his blog here - http://ggupt.blogspot.com/ Hope it's helpful to all the people trying to install Ubuntu on Acer notebooks.. - AJ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
