===This page is under heavy construction===
Installation and set up of Ubuntu 9.04 on the Acer Aspire One model AOD250
There are currently a pages AspireOne and AspireOneDiscussion for the Aspire one, but neither are targeted to this model or Ubuntu version. I didn't experience many of the problems one those pages, but some of the relevant information has copied here. Most everything "JUST WORKS".
=Install Ubuntu= You will need to install to a USB stick or have a USB cdrom drive.
==Install Webcam=
===Install Wired Network Driver===
====Fixing Microphone===
AspireOne D250 Microphone Issue
Microphone doesn't work out of the box. Download alsa-driver-1.0.20 from www.alsa-project.org and compile it with ./configure --with-cards=all (initially microphone in the mixer is muted!) In mixer settings input source should be set to "Mic" (default), not "Front Mic". Still sound subsystem doesn't survive suspend-resume. Ethernet card also doesn't work out of the box for D250. Download AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz from http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx and install it manually. Ignore gzip warnings about "trailing garbage".
- Webcam working with cheese (slow video), cameramonitor, luvcview and Skype (but X server crashes if Dual Head).
- Ext4 works out-of-the-box.
- Fn-Hotkeys seem ok. (brightness adjustable but visual feedback not 100% correct - some delays) Sound and keyboard short-cuts work.
The home button (next to 'Fn' and 'Alt') can be configured to act as view desktop via Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts.
- Related bugs:
LiveCD install screen (ubiquity) larger than the default 1024x600px resolution. To display the parts of the install window that are not visible, hold down ALT while clicking anywhere in the window.
Fixed: no wlan with Acer Aspire One 110L and not activatable
One issue is that the automatic partitioner only allocated 384 swap so I'm reinstalling using manual partitioning (may be faster than resizing) finished up with 6.5gb / and 1.6 Swap.
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TOUCHPAD TWEAKS:
The AAO touchpad is quite easy to bump whilst typing. The best fix is to disable all scroll and tap commands for 1 second after each keystroke.
Go to System => Preferences and select "Startup Applications". Click the add button and add an entry:
Name: Syndaemon Command: syndaemon -d -t -i 1 Comment: Disable trackpad while typing
The '1' can be changed to any decimal number, and defines the amount of time to lock the trackpad after each keystroke. See the Syndaemon man page for full details.
==Notes about differences with earlier versions==
The CPU fan seems to be bios controlled as it is on on a warm boot and off on a cold boot on either XP or Ubuntu. Trying to verify this now
Reducing SSD wear doesn't apply since the AOD250 uses a heard drive.
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==Other sources==