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Installing Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon on Acer Aspire 5602

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General Hardware Specifications of [Laptop]:

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Intel Centrino Duo

Works

No special procedure required during installation.

15,4 WXGA+ TFT Display

Works

No special procedure required during installation.

Intel 945MGZ shared graphics

Works

No special procedure required during installation.

1024 MB Ram

Works

No special procedure required during installation

100 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive

Works

No special procedure required during installation

Modular Floppy Drive

N/A

No special procedure required during installation

Integrated Network Card

Works

No special procedure required during installation

Internal 56k Modem

Works with errors

Kernel needs to be downgraded at least to 2.6.16

24X Philips dvd-rw

Works

No special procedure required during installation

Wireless Card

Works

No special procedure required during installation.

Lithium-Ion Battery

Works

No special procedure required during installation

AC'97 Compatible Sound Card

Works

No special procedure required if using Kernel 2.6.x.

ALSA Sound drivers required for Kernel 2.4.x




This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2٫6٫23

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the laptop is a good one. It's a little noisy but no big deal. Also you must take a good care of it. It's somehow sissy!