I successfully put Ubuntu on my netbook. I don’t have a lot of time to write at the moment, but it’s gone well.
Startup speed isn’t too bad. Much slower than the Linpus, but it’s alright. The Netbook interface works really well. Unfortunately the machine chews through power when running Ubuntu; under Linpus I was getting 3 hours, under Ubuntu I supposedly get just over 2 hours.
I’ve disabled things like Scrollkeeper and updatedb, which cause a lot of CPU and disk IO whenever they kick in, and Tracker only works when I’m on AC power. I did some tweaks to prevent the SSD wearing out, but unfortunately I have to still have swap on the SSD because the machine only has 512mb of RAM (shared with the Intel graphics). As a result, it’s a little slow.
However, it all works alright. There’s a small thing you need to do to get the wireless working, but once that’s done it’s tremendously reliable and fast. There’s a free wifi spot (actually, an unprotected network!) near me that I’ve been using, and it’s very zippy!
There’s an annoying bug in Nautilus with the tabs. If you open a second tab, the first one will not have any scroll bars unless you refresh it. The Gnome devs appear to be quite laid-back about whether they’ll fix it or not; if you develop Nautilus and want to give us a status report, I’d much appreciate if you left a comment.
Another problem: The SD card slots don’t seem to work. And I haven’t tried the webcam yet. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that all the functions of the trackpad (including left/right scrolling!) and the hotkeys all worked perfectly out-of-the-box.
Hibernate doesn’t want to go, but that’s not a big concern. I haven’t tried suspending yet.
Anyway, I’m finally happy with my Acer Aspire One, and I’m looking forward to using it a bit more soon!
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I’ve been running the Netbook Remix for a while now on my AAO. Mine has a HDD though. DDO you have any probs out of the card readers?
I have absolutely nothing out of the card readers. I put a card in, nothing happens. If I use an external card reader, it works perfectly. I’m not too bothered by it.
Oh, and an update for this blog post: Suspend works alright. I lose the sound card and sometimes the wireless, but those are the two things that are most likely to be lost during a resume
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