Noob wanting to install Ubuntu on netbook

WatchTower · 13 Oct 2009 at 06:53

I've always wanted to try Linux but always been a little scared of it in case I could net get to grips with it. I thought bugger it and I found Ubuntu have a version of Linux specially for netbooks. Is that version good for a novice and will it run fine on my Acer Aspire One netbook?

I'm going to try and find drivers now and watch some videos on how to use Linux on Youtube. Can I learn much by just playing around with the OS? I think that's how I learned most things with Windows.

WatchTower · 13 Oct 2009 at 07:19

I downloaded Ubuntu Netbook Remix. The N100 sounds like a good deal. I payed over about £245 for my Acer when they came out.

WatchTower · 13 Oct 2009 at 07:52

How do I installed from a USB flash drive? I moved the img to a usb flashdrive and then set my netbook to boot from it but I just get error.

WatchTower · 13 Oct 2009 at 10:53

Yay I have it installed but installing flash10 is a pain. I keep getting this message

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libnspr4-dev

I downloaded Ubuntu version too.

WatchTower · 13 Oct 2009 at 22:26

I downloaded

(libnspr4-dev_4.7.5-0ubuntu0.9.04.1_i386.deb) and installed it. Ubuntu then did some updates. After doing all that (install_flash_player_10_linux.deb) installed fine. I assumed I was missing a needed file (libnspr4-dev) and downloading it appears to have worked.

WatchTower · 15 Oct 2009 at 08:25

I'm scared of the Terminal. It looks like you have to be a programmer just to install stuff.