Feedback on the Acer Aspire One (A110 ZG5) + Typo information on "Certified Hardware" Page

Hi... if you want to try an upgrade, I would strongly suggest not jumping 4 releases at once. That's a sure recipe for disaster. The best way would be to upgrade manually from 10.04 to 10.10 to 11.04 to 11.10 to 12.04. I know that's a long way, but there is a LOT of difference between 10.04 and 12.04 and while it's technically possible to leap from one to the other, it's definitely not a supported upgrade path.

Also, as you notices, the Aspire One is not certified for 12.04. Truth be told, there was no interest in official certification for that model, so it was never tested.

So there are several things here. First, you've already said you are going back to 10.04. That's fine, it will be supported for a while longer. You CAN always try the upgrade path as I mentioned above, or you can simply re-install fresh with 12.04 and see how that works out for you.

To be honest, the machine I'm typing this out on now was upgraded release to release from 9.10 to 11.10. By the time 12.04 was released, I went ahead and wiped the HDD and did a fresh install anyway as it had accrued a large amount of clutter over the few yeras I've had it.

Next, if 12.04 doesn't work for you, you can always file bugs. Filing a bug when the system doesn't work after installing/upgrading can be a chore. If you need to file one manually, you can file it from launchpad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+filebug

However, if the system is usable at all, it's preferred to use:

ubuntu-bug linux

as that will gather all the necessary logs in addition to filing the bug.

Finally, the site. Thanks for pointing out the missing word in the text. I've opened a bug for that. However, the word "customised" is not mispelled. Ubuntu.com and Canonical.com and most all of our verbage is based on UK English, not American English. In the UK, it is indeed spelled "customised" (also, things like "color" and "colour").

If you're interested, here's an interesting piece on the differences between UK and US English:
http://www.tysto.com/2012/05/uk-vs-us-spelling/

Thank you very much, the information was extremely helpful. The product
10.04 is working better than the netbook version and before upgrading too
much further I plan to upgrade hardware first.

I used to be much more aware of the UK English versus the Spanglamerican
mix used in America. It has been far too long. another reason I have
switched to ubuntu.

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Jeff Lane <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #210129 on Ubuntu-Certification changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-certification/+question/210129
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Jeff Lane proposed the following answer:
> Hi... if you want to try an upgrade, I would strongly suggest not
> jumping 4 releases at once. That's a sure recipe for disaster. The
> best way would be to upgrade manually from 10.04 to 10.10 to 11.04 to
> 11.10 to 12.04. I know that's a long way, but there is a LOT of
> difference between 10.04 and 12.04 and while it's technically possible
> to leap from one to the other, it's definitely not a supported upgrade
> path.
>
> Also, as you notices, the Aspire One is not certified for 12.04. Truth
> be told, there was no interest in official certification for that model,
> so it was never tested.
>
> So there are several things here. First, you've already said you are
> going back to 10.04. That's fine, it will be supported for a while
> longer. You CAN always try the upgrade path as I mentioned above, or
> you can simply re-install fresh with 12.04 and see how that works out
> for you.
>
> To be honest, the machine I'm typing this out on now was upgraded
> release to release from 9.10 to 11.10. By the time 12.04 was released,
> I went ahead and wiped the HDD and did a fresh install anyway as it had
> accrued a large amount of clutter over the few yeras I've had it.
>
> Next, if 12.04 doesn't work for you, you can always file bugs. Filing a
> bug when the system doesn't work after installing/upgrading can be a
> chore. If you need to file one manually, you can file it from
> launchpad:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+filebug
>
> However, if the system is usable at all, it's preferred to use:
>
> ubuntu-bug linux
>
> as that will gather all the necessary logs in addition to filing the
> bug.
>
> Finally, the site. Thanks for pointing out the missing word in the
> text. I've opened a bug for that. However, the word "customised" is
> not mispelled. Ubuntu.com and Canonical.com and most all of our verbage
> is based on UK English, not American English. In the UK, it is indeed
> spelled "customised" (also, things like "color" and "colour").
>
> If you're interested, here's an interesting piece on the differences
> between UK and US English:
> http://www.tysto.com/2012/05/uk-vs-us-spelling/
>
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guessing this was answered adequately :)