Please set it correctly
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:28:24 -0500 yuda wrote: > Yeah I have had similar issues with my Acer Travelmate laptop, I did > google the battery issue and this has definatly been fixed on Acer > Aspire range so hoping it covers the travlemates as well > > K. > > Quoting Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I have Ubuntu (not 6.06 though) on a Acer laptop I bought last year. > > Don't recall wireless being that bad to set up. Encryption is more of > > a pain though. > > 6.06 is supposed to be much better in the area of wireless networking. > > > > My battery indicator also doesn't work (thinks I'm always plugged in), > > and I had to do a bit of fiddling to get the X resolution to the > > native LCD resolution (Intel 855 chipset). These might be fixed in > > 6.06. Everything else seems to work fine. > > > > Cheers, > > Carl. > > > > On 09/06/06, Phill Coxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've just bought a new Acer laptop which will be delivered today. > >> > >> I need a great version of linux to run to dual boot with Windows XP > >> (bah! - my partner won't let me delete it :) on the laptop. > >> > >> I've been using Mandrake / Mandriva for the last few years but I've had > >> enough of their crappy new corporate focus so I'm looking for a change. > >> > >> What recommendations can you make for a new flavour of linux that has a > >> simple dual boot install process into an existing Windows XP laptop? > >> > >> Most of the work I'll be doing on it will be email, open office, general > >> desktop use, VMware, samba, Apache 2, ssh etc. > >> > >> Probably the most feature I need is easy to set up wireless networking. > >> > >> I'm leaving for Auckland on Tuesday and need to have wireless networking > >> set up and working before then. The last time I tried to set up wireless > >> networking 18 months ago it was a nightmare of cryptic configuration > >> files. > >> > >> So... recommendations? > >> > >> Ubantu maybe? I've been itching to try a debian solution for some > >> time. > >> > >> Bonus points if you have a copy of the latest version of that > >> distribution on CD / DVD that I could pick up tomorrow in exchange for a > >> reasonable copying fee. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> > >> > >> > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
