http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/07/31/acer-disses-ubuntu-in-the-uk/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/07/31/acer-disses-ubuntu-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-21598 Paul Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:04:09 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/07/31/acer-disses-ubuntu-in-the-uk/#comment-21598 I live in the UK and i bought an Acer Aspire 5101AWLMi with windows xp media center on it. I wiped that off and installed Ubuntu. If there was a choice to buy a laptop with Ubuntu on it then i would have done, there is no choice. There IS a demand for laptops with ubuntu in the UK, acer have got it wrong. My acer runs really well with ubuntu, everything works including the wireless. I live in the UK and i bought an Acer Aspire 5101AWLMi with windows xp media center on it. I wiped that off and installed Ubuntu. If there was a choice to buy a laptop with Ubuntu on it then i would have done, there is no choice. There IS a demand for laptops with ubuntu in the UK, acer have got it wrong. My acer runs really well with ubuntu, everything works including the wireless.

]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/07/31/acer-disses-ubuntu-in-the-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-21527 jed stone Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:02:21 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/07/31/acer-disses-ubuntu-in-the-uk/#comment-21527 My suggestion is to phone Acer UK and voice your opinion to them - it seems from my experience that the Acer UK is full of robots - people as motivated as McDonalds workers burger flippers. Think about it would you really expect the to give a damn about anything? My suggestion is to phone Acer UK and voice your opinion to them – it seems from my experience that the Acer UK is full of robots – people as motivated as McDonalds workers burger flippers. Think about it would you really expect the to give a damn about anything?

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