http://alandoyle.com Life, Linux and everything Open Source in between. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:39:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://alandoyle.com/2008/11/01/upgraded-to-intrepid-ibex-and-the-freedom-and-fun-of-linux/ http://alandoyle.com/2008/11/01/upgraded-to-intrepid-ibex-and-the-freedom-and-fun-of-linux/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:09:03 +0000 Alan Doyle http://alandoyle.com/?p=56 I’ve downloaded the latest 64-bit Desktop Edition of Ubuntu and upgraded my Hardy install (after backing up all of my personal data … learnt this the hard way with Windows) and everything runs beautifully on my Acer Aspire 9303. It was almost too simple. I still can’t believe people think “Linux is hard”. I have Continue reading →

]]> I’ve downloaded the latest 64-bit Desktop Edition of Ubuntu and upgraded my Hardy install (after backing up all of my personal data … learnt this the hard way with Windows) and everything runs beautifully on my Acer Aspire 9303. It was almost too simple. I still can’t believe people think “Linux is hard”. I have Continue reading →

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]]> I’ve just finished installing Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) on my Acer 9303WSMi and first impressions are “WOW”, which is what Vista was meant to do but didn’t! I have to agree with K.Mandla it’s so easy. Before I started I had a couple of requirements which I wanted Hardy to meet, mostly getting my hardware to Continue reading →

]]> http://alandoyle.com/2008/04/30/installed-ubuntu-hardy-on-my-laptop/feed/ 0 http://alandoyle.com/2007/08/01/acer-aspire-9303-wmsi-webcam-ubuntu/ http://alandoyle.com/2007/08/01/acer-aspire-9303-wmsi-webcam-ubuntu/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:43:24 +0000 Alan Doyle http://alandoyle.com/?p=145 UPDATE (30/04/08): This web camera is now supported natively in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), and above, which makes these instructions moot. I have an Acer Aspire 9300 ( 9303WSMi ) and I’ve finally managed to get the webcam working under Ubuntu with one caveat. The webcam in my Acer is also a USB2.0 WebCam. To Continue reading →

]]> UPDATE (30/04/08): This web camera is now supported natively in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), and above, which makes these instructions moot. I have an Acer Aspire 9300 ( 9303WSMi ) and I’ve finally managed to get the webcam working under Ubuntu with one caveat. The webcam in my Acer is also a USB2.0 WebCam. To Continue reading →

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