Questions about Acer Incorporated (a Chinese based multinational) equipment including desktop and laptop PCs, tablet computers, servers, storage devices, displays, smartphones and peripherals.
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I cannot load Ubuntu in ACER 10 because i an very new in this community and i need help in about ubuntu.
I have a laptop ACER 10, and when I try to load Ubuntu I get back an error that says:
This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU -please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
Please let me know what to do, in order to load…
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How do I slow my cursor on laptop so I can control it better
When I use the cursor it is to fast for me to control, I have tried to see if there was any way to control it using the settings menu. But I can not find anything to suit my needs.
I need to know how I can slow down my cursor (the little arrow) on…
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Installing Ubuntu on Acer V-3-574G
I just bought myself a Acer V3-574G with core i7 and Nvidia Geforce 940m 2gb vga with 12gb Ram with factory installed Win-10. I am having problem installing any linux distro on it even after I dissable UEFI. Coluld somebody please tell me how I…
Nicholas
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Acer E5-573G Touchpad
Sorry for my english, I'm italian. I have a problem with Linux on my laptop: the touchpad doesn't work.
This is the "xinput" output:
Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer …
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install ubuntu on aspire one cloudbook 11
i am trying to install ubuntu on a acer aspire one cloudbook 11, but i've got the below error:
Fast TSC calibration failed
if anyone can provides me help?
user469951
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Installation and compatibility on Acer Swift 3
I am not new using Ubuntu but I am new working with laptops.
Recently, I've installed Ubuntu on my new Acer Swift 3, with the following conclusions and concerns:
Even I've read a lot of post that somehow the laptop is not compatible with Ubuntu…
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installing ubuntu on acer failed
I have used pendirvelinux (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) to install Ubuntu on another computer, but when I boot the computer this pops up:
'default boot device missing or boot failed. Insert recovery media and hit any key then select BOOT MANAGER…
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Acer Aspire 5734Z
I have an Acer Aspire 5734Z, 3.00 GB, 64 bit O.S. I want to know if there's a distro that's absolutely lighting fast for this computer. I have tried Ubuntu 14.04 on my old Dell Inspirion and it was the fastest thing I had ever seen (since moving…
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Acer V5-552G On Ubuntu 15.04 64bit
I have Acer V5-552G
with AMD Quad Core 10-5757M Processor
AMD Radeon HD 8750M Graphics.
What essentials software I need to install specific for this hardware?
Thanks!
Edit: I'm missing the great audio I have when I'm still on Windows 8.1 with…
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installing ubuntu onto a netbook and a pc
I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 onto an acer aspire one happy using a bootable usb stick and it works. So I tried to install using the same medium onto my Pc and acer aspire M1800 but I get a message "unable to locate a medium with a live file…
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System in Low Graphics Mode how to delete /dev/sda7?
So this morning I turned on my Acer C710 running ChrUbuntu 12.04.4 LTS (I like this version better than the newer updated ones.) and the screen says that "The system is running in low graphics mode".
I ran this script:
df -h
And got this:…
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Ubuntu on Acer Aspire 5742G
I visited the list of laptops that support Ubuntu on this website and none of the Acer laptops was listed as supportive. So my question is: can i use Ubuntu on my laptop ? - if so, which version should i choose so that all the features work ?
user184880
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Ubuntu is so SLOW
I installed Ubuntu (12.4, I think) on my Acer Aspire One netbook because Win7 was so slow and I'd heard great things about Ubuntu. Win7 was slow but Ubuntu is glacial, every program takes an age to load and every action is painfully slow.
What can…
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Will my old acer aspire one netbook be compatible with the latest version of ubuntu
I have an old acer aspire one netbook running ubuntu 14.04. I have tried downloading all of the updates with little success. After downloading a small percentage the machine tells me "unable to download all updates". Not sure what to do now. I've…
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How to fully replace Windows8 with Ubuntu on Acer Iconiq w700?
I want to get rid of the Windows8 that is installed on Acer Iconia w700 tablet and fully replace it with Ubuntu as a main and only OS on the tablet.
I understand that there will be some issues with configuring the hardware, but I have to try.
Do I…
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