[wellylug] linux sold preinstalled

[jbowtie at amathaine.com]

I bought one on Saturday from the DSE Queensgate!

It appears to be a stock OEM install of 7.10 and comes with two extra
pieces of paper. One explains how to complete the first-time setup screens
(which prompts for time zone, user name, and, oddly, keyboard model). The
other contains instructions for installing DVD playback and Flash via
Automatix (a bad idea last time I looked; better solution is to install
ubuntu-restricted-extras). On the reverse side of one of them it explains
how to use the network manager applet to connect to wireless networks,
complete with color screenshots. Compiz is disabled by default.

All the peripherals appeared to work out of the box. It's using the Intel
X3100 for graphics, so while 3D works it seems a bit iffy on performance. I
expect that will improve with the new drivers in Hardy; hopefully enough to
enable Compiz by default.

I have noticed a couple of minor issues; haven't investigated them but they
do mar the initial impressions. The machine hangs on a soft reboot; this is
probably a BIOS issue. It also seems to fail to resume correctly; this may
be an APCI issue or another BIOS bug.

John C Barstow

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:58:49 -1100, "John Fouhy" <john at fouhy.net> wrote:
> On 10/01/2008, Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com> wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> Good news from the world domination front, the Wellington region DSEs
>> are going to be selling Linux-powered Acer laptops sometime soon.
>
> I was in DSE Featherston today and they had one on display.  Specs
> here:
>
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/478ff85c00582de0273fc0a87f3306ba/Product/View/XC5822
> (if the link doesn't work, search DSE for "Acer Aspire 4315")
>
> Summary: half gig of RAM, celeron M, integrated graphics, 80GB disk.
> I didn't get a chance to play with it, but it was running Ubuntu.
> $700 with $100 rebate deal and $100 if you want to upgrade to 1GB of
> RAM.  Which makes it price-comparable with the Eee..
>
> --
> John.
>
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