Ubuntu 8.04.1 on my Aspire One
August 23, 2008 at 9:41 am 6 comments
I’ve been a bit unhappy with my pre-installed linpus linux, so I decided to install Ubuntu on my Aspire One. Ubuntu is one of the best GNU/Linux distributions out there with a great community.
Firstly I tried to boot the Ubuntu 8.04 liveCD, but it it didn’t work for me. After some reading in the Aspireoneuser forum, I discovered that some people had the same problems and tried Ubuntu 8.04.1 which works. (so remember: never download the x.x version but the x.x.1 one 
)
All the installing went fine and I followed this tutorial to install some hardware and configure the SSD:
There are some good things about installing Ubuntu:
- You can now write and read Windows partitions
- You can access Windows networks
- More installable packages (like conky for example)
- Up to Date packages (OpenOffice, FF3, 3D drivers)
- Login security
And of course the bad things:
- Crappy flash framerates and no sound
- All the hardware installing
- SSD performs slower (I have the Intel SSD)
- Startup times slower
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1. oscar | December 7, 2008 at 6:20 am
You can try ubuntu UNR, i have installed on packard-bell dot , a clon of acer aspire one, and work fine.even you can install using an usb stick.
It recognize all hardware .Great.Have a fun!
2. lockwooddev | December 7, 2008 at 11:15 am
I heard that the new Fedora 10 will do everything out of the box.
But anyway, thanks for the tip
3. simser | December 8, 2008 at 11:50 am
I installed Fedora 10 on a memory stick (based on Live x686 version) and tried
to boot from it on my Aspire One (150) and it works great. Everything I need is recognized immediately. WLAN works
(was not obvious on my previous 6 years old notebook), camera ? I don’t know, do not need that
Fedora boot speed from stick is not worse than Windows boot speed from HD.
Good luck
4. Stuart Palmer | December 14, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I`ve bought my wife an Aspire One and loaded it with Ubuntu Hardy Heron.
Problems still are.
1. Will not run Skype – “unable to use audio”
2. Will not recognise USB speakers
3. Will not mount SD card.
I read up and try different things but havent found a solution to any of these yet. Cant find loader.conf(5) to load new sound driver is just a typical problem.
Anyone solved any of the above?
5. lockwooddev | December 15, 2008 at 5:25 pm
You should try Ubuntu 8.10 intrepid ibex. It should fix all of your problems.
By the way, did you buy the Aspire One with SSD or harddisk?
6. G. Lynn | May 18, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Try Jaunty. Works Gr8