ubuntu for acer aspire one D255 [duplicate]
Specification of my laptop are : CPU Intel Atom N450(1.66 GHz, 512 KB cache, 1 GB Memory. Which will be a suitable Ubuntu and how to install it?
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In the Ubuntu family, the lowest resource usage is with Lubuntu which uses the lxde desktop environment. You will want the 64 bit version which can be downloaded here.
That download is for the 15.10 release which has a shorter support time-frame. So, your post indicates that you’re new to Linux or, at least, to Lubuntu. Because of this, I’m going to actually suggest that you download the LTS (Long Term Stable) version. Again, your CPU is 64 bit so you will want to download the 64 bit version. For the sake of consistency, I strongly recommend that you do go ahead and use the LTS version until you’re used to it and then you can decide if you want to use something a little more bleeding edge.
- You will want to format your USB drive. This means that you’ll loose any information that you already have on that drive so be sure to back that information up. You will want to format the drive in FAT32. Using Windows you can just insert the drive, open Windows Explorer, right click on it, and select to format the drive.
- Download the .ISO file from the site linked above to your current PC. Once you have downloaded the .ISO from the site then you will want to copy the image to a USB drive. Now, this is not really a direct copy, you don’t just drag and drop it there. Instead, you need to use the .ISO (an image file) and some special software to do this. I recommend that you use unetbootin for this. It is fairly simply and does a good job.
- Then you’ll boot the computer and change the boot order to boot to USB drive first. On the Acer Aspire One models this means that you press the DEL key during boot. In those settings you can select to boot to USB as the first order of boot.
- Then, you’re on the way. This page gives a nice rundown of how to do the actual installation process. If you have any specific questions then we can probably help with those.
Some final notes:
- Your netbook is a bit dated now. There’s not a whole lot of RAM and the CPU is woefully underpowered. Compared to your current OS, it will probably run much better than before. I’ve installed Lubuntu on a few netbooks (specifically from Acer) in the past and found the performance to be acceptable but one needs to keep in mind what the computer is capable of. You won’t be running YouTube videos in full screen and in high definition. You won’t be running a bunch of applications at one time. You won’t be opening a few dozen tabs.
- However, if you just want to browse the web, maybe read something on the go, or if you want to check email and maybe do some quick note taking then it’s absolutely fine. I’ve had nary a hardware issue so there should be no difficulty in those regards. I’ve not done so in a while but I am presuming that the hardware support is the same as it has always been.
- I should also add that, given the nature of the beast, I’d not bother with trying to dual-boot the OS. You can, if you want, but Windows 7 (the OS that the netbook came with) is no longer in mainstream support, support ended January 13, 2015 and it will be EOL (End Of Life) in 2020 — so you’ll get no new updates except for security updates. You’ll get no new features. Dual booting is probably not required for you — it’s not likely that you’re using your netbook to do any serious gaming as it is. Unless you have a very compelling reason then I’d just recommend formatting it entirely and installing Linux in its default mode.
- It is easier to install and make sure that it is configured properly when it is the only Operating System on the computer but it will also give you motivation to learn about Ubuntu and Linux. Dual booting can be done but, unless you have some very specific application that you can’t live without, Linux will almost certainly accomplish anything you’d want to do on netbook hardware.
Linux on acer aspire one d255
I’m planning on installing linux on my gf’s Acer Aspire One D255.. just wondered if any of you had any pointers, as I’d like to make the transition as smooth as possible.
Rather than dual boot or something I just bought an SSD (samsung 840EVO) to install on, so if something goes wrong I can just swap the old drive back in.
I’m thinking ubu is probably the best choice. I’m a debian guy myself, but I figure ubu will be «friendlier» for someone who needs everything to «just work».
this page says the aspire one was «certified hardware» for 12.04, but I can’t find anything regarding ubu 13 (the current version?). I was planning to just install 13. I guess I’m wondering whether I’ll have any drama with:
- GPU — this says the GMA 3150 should be ok
- the wifi card (can’t find anything concrete about the «Acer InviLink Nplify»)
- the card reader (the spec sheet I have doesn’t actually say what model it is)
Re: DM I was planning to go with the default (is it still unity?) Should I be looking at something lighter on resources. (if so what?) The D255 has an atom 1.66GHz cpu, and 2GB DDR3, so not heaps of grunt under the hood.
Re: 32bit vs 64bit, in the past I’ve had a lot of drama with flash in 64bit linux environments. I was planning to install a 32bit version for that reason alone. Any thoughts about this?
My gf is thai. I was planning to just install the usual australian locale and then just add a language pack or something. I’ve never done that but I can’t imagine it’s too difficult?
Those are all of my thoughts so far. Is there anything else I should consider before I jump in? Thanks for taking the time.
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Post by Karbn the Clown » Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:46 pm
Hey guys! I’m looking to get Linux Mint on my Acer Aspire One and I am having trouble getting it to boot.. anyone able to help me?
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Re: Linux Mint on Acer Aspire One D255E
Post by kukamuumuka » Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:08 pm
I have one Acer Aspire One Happy, and it works ok with Lubuntu and PClinuxOS LXDE. Cinnamon is too heavy for One, so if you want to install Mint, choose XFce edition.
If you cannot get USB to boot, change USB as the first hard drive from BIOS settings.
Re: Linux Mint on Acer Aspire One D255E
Post by dorsetUK » Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:35 pm
Hi Karbyn the clown
As kukamuumuka says set the BIOS to boot from USB. On my D255 I press F2 a few times as it’s starting up which takes me into the InsydeH20 Setup Utility Rev. 3.5 where the option needed is USBHDD.
jon@jon-AOD255:~$ inxi -Fxz System: Host: jon-AOD255 Kernel: 5.0.0-37-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.14.1 Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic Machine: Type: Laptop System: Acer product: AOD255 v: V3.10(DDR3) serial: Mobo: Acer model: JE02_PT v: V3.10(DDR3) serial: BIOS: Acer v: 3.10(DDR3) date: 11/17/2010 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 8.5 Wh condition: 8.5/48.8 Wh (18%) model: SANYO AL10B31 status: Full CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Atom N550 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Bonnell rev: A L2 cache: 512 KiB flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 bogomips: 11971 Speed: 1497 MHz min/max: 1000/1500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1496 2: 1496 3: 1100 4: 1064 Graphics: Device-1: Intel Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024x600~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Pineview M v: 1.4 Mesa 19.0.8 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.0.0-37-generic Network: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: atl1c v: 1.0.1.1-NAPI port: 5000 bus ID: 01:00.0 IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: Device-2: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 [Condor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 5000 bus ID: 02:00.0 IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: Drives: Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 60.73 GiB (26.1%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: MK2565GSX size: 232.89 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 227.28 GiB used: 60.73 GiB (26.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 ID-2: swap-1 size: 980.0 MiB used: 268 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 176 Uptime: 1m Memory: 970.8 MiB used: 425.5 MiB (43.8%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.4.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 inxi: 3.0.32 Which is running very nicely.