Ubuntu 8.04.1 on Acer Aspire One.
I replaced the AspireOne Linpus Lite as I cannot find the network sharing and other things. Though I must admit that Linpus Lite has the upperhand in terms of loading time, 15 secs vs. 40+ secs. But in terms of features, i’d go for ubuntu.
UPDATE: 071808
Before you jump on installing the ubuntu or ubuntu netbook remix, here are the flaws:
1. no mic drivers
2. suspend mode not working
3. default ubuntu wifi driver don’t work. you need to use madwifi drivers, which is not really easy to install for casual pc users.
4. 40+ sec boot-up time
Anyway, after considering all of these flaws against the loading time of Linpus, which you can now enable advance settings(or the actual settings) via a simple option, i reverted to the original Acer linpus lite.
I have tested an XP on Aspire One too. here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD7updNzKgQ
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November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Sorry, the wingglider video response was not ment to be! Can’t I remove it?
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
i was thinking about buying one within this month now that ibex came out. or i might just install openSuse 11. these will i think the best 400 i will spend plus its really small.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
nah, i havn’t got the mac osx :/
But i won’t windows xp back, just for gaming
linux is ok but windows easy to opperate
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
tried mac os x 10.4 or later yet?
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
kubuntu 8.10 irritates me, wifi and usb works but the interface isn’t handy, ubuntu is certainly the best, im going to install the ubuntu 8.10 beta
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
- ubuntu is nice after all the tweaks you need to do and there are things not working 100% (mic, hibernate, sd on reinsert). boot up time is the same as xp (45 to 60sec). kubuntu is the same. waiting for ibex release
- xp is power hungry (2hours batt), need to remove excessive disk usage settings but i need it currently to run dreamweaver and flash, and visual studio. boots up in 60sec plus
-linpus is limited but is just enough for a netbook. batt life is around 3hrs and bootup is 20-30sec.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
i tried different things
-windows xp : sucks, gaming is ok
-ubuntu: its very nice
-linpus: sucks harder than windows xp
-eeebuntu: cool but wifi-usb won’t work
future test : kubuntu 8.10 it looks great and i think the wifi etc is going to be perfect just like ubuntu ^^
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
agree. i’m just used with ubuntu that’s why i tried it out and fedora is quite new to me that time. anyway, netbooks are just netbooks so linpus is quite enough.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
have you selected mic boost +20 option in alsamixer?
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
you no i have and aspire one and i tink the linpus is just fine i dont realy see the point of installing ubuntu its just a waist os spae and a waist of time the limpus versioun is just fine.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
ubuntu takes to much time to start up
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Is it possible to install Ubuntu in another partitiona and keep Linpus in the main one? I mean in the Aspire One with HD 120Gb. Thanks for the videos!
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
cool video! but how can you enable that advanced setting?
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
wow.. i didn’t know that. hmm. if only the mic works properly i would jump back to ubuntu. Thanks!
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
if only i have the brains to do it as i am not really familiar with fedora.
all i can do now is wait. 
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Excellent video!
It looks even better than I expected it to be. The interface is very very intuitive and looks really good, too.
The initial boot will surely be lessened in the future as the community will start to tweak the settings (maybe someone will even recompile the kernel).
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
On the point about not being able to see all the options due to screen size, do you know that in Ubuntu you can move a window by alt-clicking anywhere on it so you can move windows upwards to see the buttons if they are off the bottom of the screen. This is very useful with small screens like on the One.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I tried to install ubuntu 8.04.1 on my aspire one, but wireless doesn’t work. how did you make it to work?
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
to clarify things, it’s not Released as an ISO format or live CD format. you need to install it yourself (google the netbook remix ppa then install via synaptics)after installing ubuntu 8.04.1 .. ubuntu 8.04 won’t work so get the newer release.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
they released it already around june this year.
still sluggish though they *might be releasing a more slimmed-down version later this year.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
haha, good.
now, how did you get ubuntu remix?? i thought it wasn’t released yet
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
wow that took a while to boot, i’ll wait for eeebuntu or a special xubuntu distro before i change the os.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
it’s a desk fan so don’t worry.
the unit is silent.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
what is that sound!? i ordered an aspire one thinking it would be totally silent….please tell me that’s a fan in your house or something