where to get the ubuntu drivers for my laptop

As seen here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/AcerExtensa4420
It should just work. With 9.04 also the WiFi is working without any additional work AFAIK.

You can choose if you want to wipe Vista out or do a side-by-side install.

Greetings
mid

Hi :)

Ok, so for some huge amount of detail, far more than you'll need! :)

Start with Shipit?
https://shipit.ubuntu.com/

Shipit are great but it can take 2 months to get the Cd delivered that way. Mostly people download an iso of Ubuntu & then use that to make their own Cd. This is usually faster and much more fun ;) I would order an official cd or 2 from shipit and then make my own too. It doesn't hurt to have a lot of these Cds in case a friend wants one too ;)

So here goes!!
Perhaps try downloading Ubuntu from
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
then make a cd of it by double-clicking on the iso file, this guide might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
i tend to find the cheapest "write once" cds that you can only get in blocks of 10 or more are better for this than more expensive cds and dvds tend to be really rubbish for this.

Anyway once you have the cd then boot up from it to the menu with "Try Ubuntu without changes to this machine", if you don't get that menu then this guide might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
Choosing the "Try Ubuntu ... " option should get you to a working desktop which we call a "LiveCd session", if it works ;) Most versions of linux have this feature although they don't all have such a fancy menu. Ubuntu's LiveCd has firefox on the top taskbar and should have worked out your internet connection so having got a LiveCd session working you should be able to surf around and check that Ubuntu is going to work easily on the machine.

Once you've done that then a dual-boot is better than wiping off an existing working OS, even if that is Windows ;)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Hi again :)

The first question is do you already have an Ubuntu Cd? If not order one through shipit and/or make your own one. Then boot up from the Cd to a LiveCd session and see how well that works on your machine.

Usually it's fine so then install as a dual-boot so that you can keep going back into Vista until you've got used to our strange linuxy ways ;)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
Please don't expect to fully understand everything in linux straight away. Sometimes people find there's just one thing they keep having to go back into windows for and then suddenly they figure how to get that in linux too ;))

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

hi guys and girls I put a extra hard rive in mine and I love it also you can put th ISO image on usb and always have a live version of ubuntu on and you can also install with this option I hope you like ubuntu I do it s alot better now to I can use either os God Bless you all Otonm