[nzlug] acer hardware

[simon]

On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 23:13 +1200, Nevyn wrote:
> Were there any additional steps to getting it working at it's current
> state?
You plugs it in and turns up the volume. (mic)
Only the atheros drivers require additional config - which is a copy and
paste job.

>  A customised install should be done if there was any extra
> configuration to be done just on the basis that a new user to the
> laptop should be as trouble free as humanly possible.
... in a commercial environment. That's what the oem image is for - I
was talking about private users contemplating a fresh install.

> 
> Depending of course on whether Acer are at all interested in getting
> these machines working properly with Linux rather than making up some
> sort of gaff about things not working due to "the limitations of
> Linux".
> 
So far it seems they are not all that interested.