{"id":437,"date":"2012-12-03T22:41:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T02:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/?p=437"},"modified":"2014-07-27T19:47:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T23:47:01","slug":"mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/","title":{"rendered":"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019ve been tired of my Toshiba A215 notebook since I bought it. I was in a situation where I needed to replace my existing notebook when I bought it and Microcenter had a \u201cdeal\u201d on it. The \u201cdeal\u201d was it was cheaper if I walked out the door carrying it and a Cannon Pixima printer than if I bought the notebook alone. The Pixima was a source of frustration with expensive ink and continual error codes. I was glad the day it died. Such a Deal!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0The Toshiba has a fan which makes a lot of noise and cycles constantly. You cannot leave it turned on in a hotel room if you expect to get any sleep. Even when it is in sleep mode the fan spins up just about the time you are drifting off into sleep. The air flow of the machine is such that I was never able to use it in bed. I mean really, if you can\u2019t block the air flow and have to stay plugged into the wall due to a battery life which seems like whole minutes instead of hours, is it really something you want to lug to bed then find a place to put on your already overcrowded night stand?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0I really wanted an Acer notebook because they have come up in quality and they tend to make more computers with AMD processors. I simply couldn\u2019t find one at a price I liked. Actually, it was more not being able to find than price. Then I found a netbook at newegg.com. It had everything I wanted, sans a DVD. 4Gig of RAM, 500Gig drive. Not that I would use Windows, but it even came with 64-bit Windows 7 instead of Windows 8. The machine showed up this week and it is simply a dream. The 11.6\u201d display is amazing. The keyboard is almost big enough to do some serious typing on. All I had to do now was get a Linux distro with KDE installed and I would be golden!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First I downloaded KUbuntu 12.10, but, could not successfully boot the live CD. Later I found posts on-line that said you had to install from Alternate Installation media, hack some custom drivers, and live with shortcomings. Not for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Next I found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subdude-site.com\/WebPages_Local\/RefInfo\/Computer\/Linux\/LinuxMint_Installs\/linuxMintDebianEdition_install_blaze.htm\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0After reading through it I decided I would be a bit smarter and download System Rescue CD to resize the partition before installing Linux Mint 13 KDE. Silly me. After taking the time to resize the partition I found out the Mint installer still only gives you two choices..full wipe and install, or manually configure everything. Who needs Windows? Wipe and install!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I\u2019m busy installing updates now, along with Focus Writer, some fonts, leafpad, and KWrite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0If you are looking for the perfect gift for the geek on your list, this netbook could be it. You have enough ram and disk space to actually do development if you had to. More importantly, it appears to be the kind of computer you really can use in bed. Light as a feather, super quiet, and it doesn\u2019t appear you will block the air flow with the comforter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been tired of my Toshiba A215 notebook since I bought it. I was in a situation where I needed to replace my existing notebook when I bought it and Microcenter had a \u201cdeal\u201d on it. The \u201cdeal\u201d was it was cheaper if I walked out the door carrying it and a Cannon Pixima printer than if I bought the notebook alone. The Pixima was a source of frustration with expensive ink and continual error &hellip; <a title=\"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772\" class=\"bnm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[55,54,56,57,18],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-technology","tag-acer","tag-christmas-gift-idea","tag-linux-mint","tag-netbook","tag-ubuntu","bnm-entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772 &#8211; Logikal Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772 &#8211; Logikal Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019ve been tired of my Toshiba A215 notebook since I bought it. I was in a situation where I needed to replace my existing notebook when I bought it and Microcenter had a \u201cdeal\u201d on it. The \u201cdeal\u201d was it was cheaper if I walked out the door carrying it and a Cannon Pixima printer than if I bought the notebook alone. The Pixima was a source of frustration with expensive ink and continual error &hellip; Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Logikal Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-04T02:41:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-27T23:47:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"seasoned_geek\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"seasoned_geek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"seasoned_geek\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842\"},\"headline\":\"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-04T02:41:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-27T23:47:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":537,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842\"},\"keywords\":[\"Acer\",\"Christmas gift idea\",\"Linux Mint\",\"netbook\",\"Ubuntu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Information Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772 &#8211; Logikal Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-04T02:41:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-27T23:47:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/information-technology\\\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Logikal Blog\",\"description\":\"For people with attention spans longer than a Tweet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842\",\"name\":\"seasoned_geek\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r\",\"caption\":\"seasoned_geek\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r\"},\"description\":\"Roland Hughes started his IT career in the early 1980s. He quickly became a consultant and president of Logikal Solutions, a software consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS application and C++\\\/Qt touchscreen\\\/embedded Linux development. Early in his career he became involved in what is now called cross platform development. Given the dearth of useful books on the subject he ventured into the world of professional author in 1995 writing the first of the \\\"Zinc It!\\\" book series for John Gordon Burke Publisher, Inc. A decade later he released a massive (nearly 800 pages) tome \\\"The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer\\\" which tried to encapsulate the essential skills gained over what was nearly a 20 year career at that point. From there \\\"The Minimum You Need to Know\\\" book series was born. Three years later he wrote his first novel \\\"Infinite Exposure\\\" which got much notice from people involved in the banking and financial security worlds. Some of the attacks predicted in that book have since come to pass. While it was not originally intended to be a trilogy, it became the first book of \\\"The Earth That Was\\\" trilogy: Infinite Exposure Lesedi - The Greatest Lie Ever Told John Smith - Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars When he is not consulting Roland Hughes posts about technology and sometimes politics on his blog. He also has regularly scheduled Sunday posts appearing on the Interesting Authors blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theminimumyouneedtoknow.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.logikalsolutions.com\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/seasoned_geek\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772 &#8211; Logikal Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772 &#8211; Logikal Blog","og_description":"I\u2019ve been tired of my Toshiba A215 notebook since I bought it. I was in a situation where I needed to replace my existing notebook when I bought it and Microcenter had a \u201cdeal\u201d on it. The \u201cdeal\u201d was it was cheaper if I walked out the door carrying it and a Cannon Pixima printer than if I bought the notebook alone. The Pixima was a source of frustration with expensive ink and continual error &hellip; Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/","og_site_name":"Logikal Blog","article_published_time":"2012-12-04T02:41:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-07-27T23:47:01+00:00","author":"seasoned_geek","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"seasoned_geek","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/"},"author":{"name":"seasoned_geek","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842"},"headline":"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772","datePublished":"2012-12-04T02:41:21+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-27T23:47:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/"},"wordCount":537,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842"},"keywords":["Acer","Christmas gift idea","Linux Mint","netbook","Ubuntu"],"articleSection":["Information Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/","url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/","name":"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772 &#8211; Logikal Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-12-04T02:41:21+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-27T23:47:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/information-technology\/mint-13-kde-on-acer-aspire-one-772\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mint 13 KDE on Acer Aspire One 772"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Logikal Blog","description":"For people with attention spans longer than a Tweet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/c077f770ade13de7faaf616c3eac6842","name":"seasoned_geek","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r","caption":"seasoned_geek"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae9adac14079d84b909e635d7af986fe4568053af4fd9ff8d4109298c392493e?s=96&d=mm&r=r"},"description":"Roland Hughes started his IT career in the early 1980s. He quickly became a consultant and president of Logikal Solutions, a software consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS application and C++\/Qt touchscreen\/embedded Linux development. Early in his career he became involved in what is now called cross platform development. Given the dearth of useful books on the subject he ventured into the world of professional author in 1995 writing the first of the \"Zinc It!\" book series for John Gordon Burke Publisher, Inc. A decade later he released a massive (nearly 800 pages) tome \"The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer\" which tried to encapsulate the essential skills gained over what was nearly a 20 year career at that point. From there \"The Minimum You Need to Know\" book series was born. Three years later he wrote his first novel \"Infinite Exposure\" which got much notice from people involved in the banking and financial security worlds. Some of the attacks predicted in that book have since come to pass. While it was not originally intended to be a trilogy, it became the first book of \"The Earth That Was\" trilogy: Infinite Exposure Lesedi - The Greatest Lie Ever Told John Smith - Last Known Survivor of the Microsoft Wars When he is not consulting Roland Hughes posts about technology and sometimes politics on his blog. He also has regularly scheduled Sunday posts appearing on the Interesting Authors blog.","sameAs":["https:\/\/theminimumyouneedtoknow.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/author\/seasoned_geek\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}