Ok thank you

Linux for Acer one

Just trying to be helpful, even though the thread is closed...

1 - Ubuntu will work on Acer one, but after alot of tweaking. For example the Atheros wifi card won't work out of the box. Some remixes work better, but not totally. Ubuntu has a very interesting remix called easyPeasy (http://www.geteasypeasy.com/) but again, I think it needs post install tweaking.

If you are a noob, I would suggest...

2 - Download the Acer-ised linux known as Linpus linux. Originally the Acer one was released (in Europe anyway) with this OS. You can find it on Torrent sites (e.g. http://www.mininova.org/tor/1618012) and probably on the Acer site. It includes ALL the drivers are built in so no issues with post installation tweaking and stuff not working.

This is open source under the GPL licence so referencing it here is not against the site rules. Please be aware that referencing illegal download probably is against site rules

3 - As Captaincranky said, get an external DVD/CD. Don't know how much they are where you are, but here in Spain, 49€ gets you a pretty decent device. You won't regret it. Then with your download, you can burn an ISO disk and install Linux.

4 - I just installed WinXP pro on an Acer one and believe me it was not as straightforward as you'd think. Once installed, you then have to go to the Acer site and download 8 seperate drivers (trackpad, Realtek audio, wi-fi, ethernet, USB, camera, screen driver and I forget the last one!).

5 - Many Linux distros come as a live-ISO, meaning you can run the whole OS without installing. Like try-before-you-buy, but obviously many Linux distros are Open Source so its really try-before-you-overwritewhatyoualreadyhave.

Hope that helps

Ok thank you algoz for that info will try and get my hands on a external drive.

OK Algoz that is mostly info that has already been given to the OP here. I'm not trying to fault you for that. The general tone of the requests made in this thread have been "funky" at best. As you're posting from Spain, (but your English seems close to perfect), I hope you understand the connotations.

Our OP has a "Netbook which he can "not get to work" but he "has the product key"! OK, anyone in the possession of the netbook would likey have the product key, since they're usually stuck to the side of the machine. Portability doesn't seem to matter to OEMs, since my new Toshiba Satellite has the sticker right on the bottom. He who has the machine, has the product key, amen

Netbooks are fairly recent developments, and it does give one pause to wonder, that if the OS is indeed the problem, why not use the restore features that were provided by the manufacturer.

Linux will (presumably) overwrite the existing OS, whether or not a prospective user is so entitled to do so.
Our OP was given links to the Ubuntu website, and was only one click from a netbook version of the distro, with full instructions on how to mount the download on a USB drive.


Instead of trying to assimilate the info at the site, our OP requested that a complete "step by step tutorial" be written for him, presumably because he "knew almost nothing about computers. However, in the next statement, terms like "ripping XP Pro to an ISO were being tossed around.

As you know, support is given on a voluntary basis here.

Captaincranky i was not asking for xp pro but anyways i jus wanted to know how to make it bootable off a flash drive because it is all i got right now. But to everyone else thanks for helping but most of those links were for advanced users and i did not understand any of it.

Actually, Captaincranky makes the most important point here, why not restore to 'as purchased'. With Acer, I believe hitting F10 at boot takes you to a 'hidden' restore partition, with step by step instructions how to get the OS back to the 'I just walked out of the store' state of clenliness (I already did this a while ago with my Acer laptop, worked fine). I think it depends on whether the netbook in question is an 8GB flash machine or has the hard disk (the 8gb is simply too small).

Re Ubuntu, I can only say that I just tried to install it on an Acer one (just for kicks), and it was not as friendly as using WUBI (I have used WUBI so talk from experience).

If Ishrams follows the WinXP restore, and wants to 'play' with Ubuntu, WUBI is an excellent way to find his way (apologies for talking in 3rd person!).

BTW, am an Expat living in Spain and Techspot has been one of my lifelines to the techie world. I apologise if my forum etiquette isn't quite right yet, I am still 'in training. But I'd rather make a few mistaiks [sic] and contribute than stay ont he sidelines (English soccer parlance).

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