[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 22, Issue 25

[Celia Lawton-Livingstone]

Message: 10
>Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:57:33 +0000
>From: Stephen Garton <sheepeatingtaz at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Acer Laptop
>To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Message-ID: <45CA211D.5030207 at gmail.com>
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>
>Neil Simmons wrote:
> > On 07/02/07, Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2/7/07, Celia Lawton-Livingstone <lawli56 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm interested in putting Ubuntu 6.10 on my Acer laptop, probably as a 
>dual
> >>> boot to begin with.  How do I find out whether the hardware is 
>compatible
> >>> and will i need to download a program to control power management?
> >>>
> > Hi
> >
> > If it helps, I installed Ubuntu 6.10 on my Acer widescreen laptop
> > (3615WLMi) and it Just Worked (with the exception of wireless, which
> > ndiswrapper fixed).
> >
> > There were no installation problems at all with the laptop.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
>I'll put my 2p in here, I have a 5601, and I've had it running Dapper,
>Edgy (Ubuntu and Kubuntu) and currently Feisty. No problems anywhere,
>aside from having to install 915resolutions to get the right resolution
>for the widescreen.
>
>Steve

Just wanted to say thinks to everyone for the suggestions and info, I tried 
6.10 in the laptop from the CD Rom and it seemed to run OK.  It's An Acer 
Aspire 1682wlm btwi... didn't get to try the wireless as I couldn't remember 
my preshared key (WPA2 63 random characters :o ) but I'll copy it to my 
flash drive tomorrow and see if I can connect.

Cely

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