Has anyone used the Acer Aspire 4520/4710 with Ubuntu Fiesty/Gusty? If so please let me know and share your experience as I plan to go for it and don't want to get stuck with issues of drivers etc. I did search the archive and it came up with one thread (Jun 2007) discussing it. Anupam Jain had been positive about his experience with his Acer notebook, but others had a different story. Any experience with this particular model??
At a price (of 31K for 4520, 35K for 4710) it seems to be the best value for money. The basic config is [ for 4520 - Athlon 64 X2 (1.7GHz)][for 4710 - Pentium dual Core T2020], Nvidia nForce 610M chipset, Nvidia GeForce 7000M, Monitor 14.1-inch WideScreen, 10/100/1000 Network Card, 56k Modem, 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 2.0+. Though google came up with some good reviews, I could not find much on Linux experience on it (it comes with some Basic Linux - Linpus Linux or something). The site at : http://priceguru.in/archives/features/895 mentions: "In other things, we tried to run select live distros (no need of installation) of Linux including the popular Ubuntu 7.04. Unfortunately, Ubuntu too didn't have the needed drivers built-in for graphics, WiFi, LAN, etc. Without managing internet connectivity through LAN/WiFi, finding a solution for Ubuntu was very remote." Would be grateful for advise/feedback. TIA - Subash -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
