hi all...

im interested in changing my current win 7 ultimate system to linux...maybe to ubuntu 11.04..just to try something new..I got 4 months university off, so wanna messing around with new os...but I never had experience formatting and installing new os..what more into new linux enviroment... just wanna ask,if is it possible for my laptop to install linux? would there b any prob - hardware driver esp...

here's my lappy spec: http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook...re4530sp2.shtml

Shouldnt be a problem i guess

Since Ubuntu has tons of support on hardware

Just incase , after you have installed it , check for any drivers needed

According to the specs, there shouldn't any problem. Everything should work out of the box.

The NVIDIA stack in Ubuntu uses the open-source driver and can usually do basic stuff such as giving desktop composition work out of the box. But if you have needs for more than just that then go to the NVIDIA"s website and download the driver from there.

Just remember to know and understand some pretty basic terminal (command line/prompt for you Windows users) commands because in most cases you'll want to start troubleshooting any failures. 4 months shouldn't take you long, I went through the same cycle

Why dont you dual-booting ?
It more good , you can use linux to mess up and try new stuff .
Meanwhile windows keep it for play game or use some software that not support in linux ..

Ubuntu come with wubi which able to dual-boot without creating new partition for it , but i heard many said no good :3. . .
[Yea kinda troublesome when the folder corrupted " , cannot boot into the linux+cannot delete the folder T_T]

Well , one thing i know bout Wubi is , if your Windows did not shutdown properly , there are chances that your Linux part will not boot properly or it does not boot at all

Might be a bug in the past but idk whether it is fixed

Before getting started with any linux distro , do some reading on your choice of distro

Nowaday, Linux (whether Fedora, Ubutu, Mandrival..etc) work on all type of hardware...laptop and PC.

Even more, take an example say you have an Acer laptop and a HP laptop.
You install Linux in HP laptop, after that take out the harddisk from HP laptop and insert it into Acer laptop.
The Linux operating system can boot on Acer without any problem.

yeah, dual-booting is the way to go... keep the windows for gaming etc... use ubuntu for exploring new knowledge.....

at least I do that.....

thx all for kind reply

but i hve no experience installing os... even have no idea how to format a pc...so any useful link for me to refer on?

I think this document link will help you... Ubuntu installation or you can visit my friend's blog about Ubuntu, it is in Malay language...Ubuntu untuk Malaysia....hope i did help you with this....