[GRLUG] Ubuntu 10.04 LTS dual boot Win7 Starter on Aspire One D255E

[Bill Littlejohn]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Bill Littlejohn <billl at mtd-inc.com> wrote:

> About to setup this new netbook for my daughter.
> It's an Aspire D255E-13111 Mfg.Date 1101 (Atom N455 1.66GHz 1GB DDR3 250GB
> HDD). $250 at Walmart.
> I'm going with Ubuntu 10.04 based on these guys shipping it
> http://www.laptops-with-purpose.com/models/acer-aspire-one-d255e-m22 and
> the fact that the whole family uses this on our living room PC (ubuntu for
> almost 4 years now). She probably can't handle kernel update issues on her
> own though, so I may try Mint 10.
> Anybody on the list that has experience with this thing and cares to throw
> any heads-up my way on potential issues?
> TIA
> I'll post my results after..
>
> -Bill
>

For reference, Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook edition installed dual-boot works great.
The only issue I have is that only the left built-in speaker works.
Headphones work normally.
Performance is good. Full-screen Hulu is a bit jerky.
I hate Unity shell, but daughter is happy.
-Bill

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