New Linux and Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T Launchpad group

New Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T Launchpad group!

The currently reported battery life is 8 hours. To achieve this, use a standard Jaunty distribution.

There are issues with the hard drive configuration. A possible solution here:
http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7341510&postcount=6

"after turning the hard disk mode in BIOS form AHCI to IDE, I can boot ubuntu without problems."

Ethernet card:

On this page: http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

you can find the AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.8.tar.gz driver.

The README in the file pretty much explains the installation. The MAKE
INSTALL can fail when installing the man-file, but that does not seem
to matter.

Webcam. No information yet:
http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=114423&d=1242829205

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