[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 works very well on Acer Aspire 4730z laptop

[Vishal Rao]

Hello,

Just another post (so that others might find it by search) about an
Ubuntu smooth run.
Will be useful I guess for anyone looking to purchase an
Ubuntu-friendly laptop...

Installed Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex (amd64 desktop edition but 32bit
should be fine too) Linux on
a coworker's new Acer Aspire 4730z laptop.

Installation went fine and *everything* (LAN, video, sound, wifi,
special buttons, trackpad, compiz
effects etc) worked out of the box upon first reboot with absolutely
no additional configuration/tinkering :-)

Just wasn't able to try the card reader and the webcam was showing
all-green picture in ekiga... I ran an update but wasnt
able to reboot to check whether webcam might work better since we
(coworker and I) were leaving for the day.

Very impressed with this Intel-Montevina-based laptop... onboard Intel
graphics (compiz effects work) and Atheros based wifi.

- Vishal

PS: Also saw on a tech forum post that Hardy 8.04 worked fine on this
same laptop model.