Ubuntu on an Acer Aspire 1690WLCi

Ubuntu's next offering for April 2007 is Feisty Fawn (7.04). This list is based on Herd 1 of Feisty. There are no apparent hardware advantages to running this unstable version. For stability reasons, it would be safer to continue running Edgy Eft (6.06).

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At a glance...

Works out of the box Processor Intel Pentium M 715 (1.5GHz) w/ speed stepping
Works out of the box RAM 512MB of DDR2 at 533MHz
Works out of the box Hard drive 80GB PATA w/ DMA
Works out of the box Optical drive DVD-ROM/CD-RW
Works out of the box Sound card Integrated audio and speakers
Works out of the box USB 3x USB 2.0
Works out of the box Touchpad Synaptics
Works out of the box Function keys Acer hotkeys
Works out of the box Battery 8-cell
Works out of the box Wired network Broadcom 10/100 ethernet
Works out of the box Wireless network Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG
Works out of the box Standby Suspend to disk
Works out of the box Graphics card Integrated Intel 915
Works out of the box Display WXGA LCD (1280x800)
Works out of the box 3D desktop Compiz
Works out of the box Card reader Texas Instruments Multimedia
Works out of the box Hibernation Suspend to hard drive
Works out of the box Modem V.92 56k modem
Works out of the box External display VGA out
Works out of the box S-video S-video out
Works out of the box IEEE 1394 Firewire
Works out of the box Card expansion PCMCIA
Works out of the box Infrared IrDA communication

Please feel free to contact me with questions or for help. I welcome any comments, criticisms, and elaborations. And I will add any information, clarification, or correction that you may have. My personal email is zachstruck@gmail.com