Rui CarmoThe Acer Aspire One is a netbook device I actually bought for myself and returned a couple of weeks later, but that I still consider the best overall netbook available mid-2008.
Many people mistakenly held the belief that its Linux version was closed (no apparent way to get some devices to work, no kernel packages, etc.). However, it is a pretty much standard Fedora 8 with heavy modifications, and it is possible to run a lot of standard packages (provided you do not replace GTK or the kernel).
You can get at a terminal using Alt+F2 and sudo bash to fiddle with
yum repositories, and take it from there.
After a few tweaks, mine eventually looked like this:
This file contains all my customization notes and this is an
askpassreplacement I coded for usingssh-agenton it. Neither are likely to be further updated.
Sadly, there seems to be no Windows XP version with SSD, and there are many complaints of poor SSD performance under Windows - all listed part numbers for Windows mention a standard disk drive, which makes it somewhat unappealing.
Resources
| Date | Link | Notes |
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| 2008-06 | Acer Aspire one: An In-Depth Look | Pretty decent overview, including a small gallery. |
| Acer Aspire One is quite literally 'the one' | Comprehensive photo gallery. |
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| Acer Aspire One Full Review | A slightly more comprehensive review. |
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| Acer's Aspire One gets official | Spec sheet. |
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| Hands-on Acer's Aspire One netbook | A few shots. |
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| Acer Aspire One | Another review. |
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| Aspire One Review | Another shortish piece. |
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| Acer Aspire One notebook review | Shortish review, largely favorable. |
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| Acer punts Linux laptop | The Reg likes it, despite the weak battery life. |
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| More Details and First Impressions On Acer Aspire One | Very short piece. |
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| 2008-07 | Acer Aspire One Windows XP / Vista Drivers | drivers for the base hardware: Chipset, LAN, WLAN, Graphics, Card Reader, Audio. |
| Acer Aspire One available in Europe | Model numbers |
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| Acer Aspire One Unboxed and Disassembled | Some interesting shots. |
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| Acer Aspire one | Not very informative |
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| Acer to launch a 6-cell battery for the Aspire One soon? | Kinda late, but has a good comparison shot of both batteries |
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| Acer Aspire One | Comparison shots with other subnotebooks |
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| FCC Filing for ZG5 | Loads of interesting shots on the ZG5 6-cell battery variant, including the user manual |
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| 2008-08 | Modding the Acer Aspire One - Bluetooth | You can solder a Bluetooth module inernally, if you’re brave |
| How to add RAM to the Acer Aspire One netbook | This must be the new geek sport or something. |
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| 5 things I don't like about the Acer Aspire One | The video output limitations sure are disappointing, but that’s Linux for you. |
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| 5 things I like about the Acer Aspire One | Nothing truly new, but interesting. |
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| Review: Acer Aspire One | Ho-hum review, interesting comments about installing XP and disabling atime in NTFS. |
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| Acer Aspire One A110 | The Register reaches mostly the same conclusions I did. |
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| Aspire One HSDPA Support imminent | So it appears that Acer is working on a connection manager of their own - nice going. |
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| 2008-09 | Packard Bell Announce their first Netbook | The Packard-Bell version actually looks better |
| Ten tweaks for a new Acer Aspire One | Nothing really new, but I hadn’t seen the elevator=noop SSD tip published anywhere yet. |
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| 2008-10 | Acer Aspire One redux | One of the first reviews of the 150 |
| Ubuntu 8.10 on AspireOne110L | Looks comprehensive enough. |
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| 2008-11 | a1ctl | A chipset (fan and power) control utility for Windows |
| Acer's Aspire One A110X Black Edition hits the streets of Germany | Finally, a decent-looking SSD and battery combination. |
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| Packard Bell dot spotted in UK | Yep. Exactly the same. |
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