[wellylug] Ubuntu 8.04 and Acer laptops - compatibility?

[Grant McLean]

On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 14:16 +1200, Carl Turney wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm right on the verge of buying the...
> Acer AS5315-301G12Mi
> or the...
> Acer AS5315-201G08Mi
> from Dick Smith tonight, so I can bring it to Saturday's InstallFest.

I can't speak for those exact models, but I got a Acer Aspire
AS5920-5A2G16Mi from Dick Smith and installed Ubuntu Hardy.  The only
hiccup is the sound doesn't work through the internal speakers.
Apparently there is a fix for that but I haven't investigated since I
always use headphones anyway.  There were no problems getting X to work
or using an external display/projector and the built-in wireless
networking just worked too.

In fact it took less time to download the Ubuntu ISO, burn the CD,
install Ubuntu and install all the updates; than it took to "complete
the setup" of the pre-installed Windows Vista.  The internal speakers
just work under Vista but the wireless was a complete pain in the neck
(it eventually worked though).

Cheers
Grant