Successful install on Acer Travelmate
I have long since given up trying to do the "semi-automatic" upgrades from one Ubuntu to another, they always shaft something up.
Therefore I did a clean install of Ubuntu on a spare partition on my secondary PC, an old (2007) Acer Travelmate and it went fine. No major issue and one minor one (drivers for playing videos), which the default movie player managed to automatically fix for me by suggesting and downloading the missing drivers. It picked up my wireless network and autodetected the security-type in 3s flat, better than previous Ubuntus and MUCH better than Vista.
So far I am very pleased with it, and my wife (who is NOT a techie and normally uses this PC) is also happy.
Please note that I used the ALTERNATE installer which I agree is not SO user-friendly. However it is about the same as the Windows XP installer.
Cameron Smith, Maputo, Mozambique
Biting the hand that feeds IT
