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I recently installed Ubuntu (a user friendly flavor of Linux) an my Acer Aspire 3000. It was my first time installing Linux and it was amazingly easy. Sound, video, and ethernet all just worked. In my opinion the install process was much easier than installing Windows. Also cool is that Ubuntu actually comes as a Live CD which means that you can boot it up and check it out without committing.

The only thing that wasn’t completely automatic was getting the Broadcom wireless card to work. I had to dig around a little on the Ubuntu Forums but eventually I stumbled upon compwiz18’s script (directions here) that worked like a charm. Of note: the light on the front of the laptop that indicates power to the wireless card worked for me without the acerhk driver.

Anyway, I’m sure I’ll screw up the install somehow (installing Beryl maybe?)… so this post is really just a note to myself so I can be back up and running ASAP.

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