On 10/30/07, MailGants yahoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
Hi Subash, I'm running Gutsy on Acer Aspire 4520, and it works well: Video - GUI install works, then you can get full resolution with restricted driver (present in Gutsy). May need little re-configuration. Audio - Works, Needs slight configuration. Webcam, Mic - Work. However, I do not have any way to test Wifi/Bluetooth at the moment, so can not comment on that. The are detected properly with drivers though. There are some quirks I faced, but no show-stoppers for the things I've tested. Follow this thread for more details: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=510352 Cheers, ups -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
