My Acer 4520 and Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04

Between Windows and Open Source, which you want to use as your operation system?? For simple and user friendly of course we use WINDOWS e.g. just only for writing, gaming, or multimedia.. but if you really want learn how the OS work e.g IT specialist, or you want to maintenance your server to free from virus, you must choose Open Source in this case i mean Linux, especially I prefer Ubuntu as distro most favourite..

Here we go.. i will teach you how to install Ubuntu Hardy Heron in Acer 4520 :

before that i want to inform you what is my spec laptop :

ACER 4520

· AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0GHz, 1 MB L2 cache), supporting AMD HyperTransport® technology
NVIDIA nForce® 610M (MCP67-MV)

· 512MB DDR2 memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support)

· 14.1″ WXGA Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution

· NVIDIA® GeForce® 7000M with up to 64 MB of TurboCache™ (64 MB of dedicated system memory)

· Dolby® -certified surround sound system with two built-in Acer 3DSonic stereo speakers
Dolby® Home Theater audio enhancement featuring Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Live, Dolby® Pro Logic® II, Dolby® Digital Stereo Creator, Dolby® Headphone, Dolby® Virtual Speaker technologies
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support for digital speakers
MS-Sound compatible
Built-in microphone

· 80GB HDD
Optical Media Driver
DVD-Super Multi double-layer drive

· Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam, supporting Acer PrimaLite™ technology
WPAN: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
WLAN: Acer InviLink™ 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® solution, supporting Acer SignalUp™ wireless technology
LAN: Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN ready
Modem: 56K ITU V.92 with PTT approval, Wake-on-Ring ready

· 88-/89-key Acer FineTouch™ keyboard with 5-degree curve, inverted “T” cursor layout, 2.5 mm (minimum) key travel (Japan 93 keys)
Seamless touchpad pointing device with 4-way scroll button
Empowering Key
Easy-launch buttons: WLAN, Internet, email, Bluetooth, Acer Arcade™

· ExpressCard™/54 slot
5-in-1 card reader (SD™, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD)
Four USB 2.0 ports
IEEE 1394 port
Consumer infrared (CIR) port
External display (VGA) port
S-video/TV-out (NTSC/PAL) port
Headphones/speaker/line-out jack with S/PDIF support
Microphone-in jack
Line-in jack

This posting is regarding from tutorial in softpedia http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Ubuntu-8-04-LTS-84314.shtml

1) First we need to download the ubuntu hardy heron in shipit in www.ubuntu.com
then burn it with your favorite burning cd software, choose burn image..
After that boot your laptop from cd ubuntu.. choose in your boot priority in bios
then you will face this windows
Choose your prefer language to install.. if you familiar with english, this is best translate

2) To check your cd if there some file miss, choose "check CD for defects". but if you sure have correctly the cd complete, choose INSTALL UBUNTU

3) View the progress bar ubuntu