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30 Cool Acer Aspire One Hacks

By Gary on September 27th, 2008


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Here’s a comprehensive round up of all the cool hacks and mods for the Aspire One I could dig up from google and several Aspire One forums and blogs. With my thanks to the original authors of these tips and guides.

If you find any others, please share in the comments and we’ll endeavour to update the main article and maintain a comprehensive list of all the best Hacks and Mods for the fabulous Aspire One!

Software Hacks

  1. Linpus Advanced Mode
  2. Minimise Color Banding in X11
  3. Quieter Fan
  4. Speed up SSD Access
  5. Flash Latest BIOS (note: be careful wih this one, as you’ll lose the lower brightness settings)
  6. Upgrade to OpenOffice 2.4
  7. Install F-Spot Photo Manager
  8. Upgrade to Firefox 3
  9. Flash Player 10RC2 Installation
  10. Upgrading Acer OpenJDK Runtime to Sun Java
  11. Upgrading Acer Mail to Thunderbird
  12. Changing Linpus Desktop Icons
  13. Ten More Tweaks for a new Acer Aspire One
  14. Deselecting Forced Acer Updates
  15. Switch between Acer and XFCE Desktops

Hardware Hacks

  1. Install Internal Bluetooth
  2. Ram Upgrade
  3. Replace SSD with 1.8” PATA HD
  4. A Selection of Additional Disk Space Enhancements
  5. Touchscreen Hack
  6. USB Hub and TV Tuner (badly translated from Swedish by google)

OS X on MSI Wind PC (Video source):

Alternative Operating Systems

  1. One Linux (note: still vapourware at the time of writing)
  2. Arch Linux
  3. Ubuntu Netbook-remix
  4. DebianAcerOne
  5. Gentoo Linux
  6. Open SuSE
  7. Foresight Linux
  8. Mac OS X
  9. Windows Vista

Disclaimer: Although I’ve successfully used most of the easier hacks listed here on my Acer Aspire one, I’m not endorsing or guaranteeing the results of anything listed here. I’m quite happy to keep my warranty and to continue running Linpus Lite and not take a soldering iron to the motherboard. If you follow destructions instructions in one of the hairier hacks here and fry, brick or otherwise break your Aspire One… that’s not my fault!!

You can also read my review of Acer Aspire One and Linpus Linux Lite.

**Updates**


Install XP from USB stick.
Mandriva Mini.
Ubuntu on Acer Aspire One (Google Translation)
Another MSI Wind booting Mac OS X video.
 

   


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  • ShashwatNo Gravatar
    September 28th, 2008 02:31

    Hi Nice Article :) Though you have forgot to add Mandriva and its netbook variant i.e Mandriva Mini :p

  • OliverNo Gravatar
    September 28th, 2008 05:14

    Don’t forget the guide to install XP from USB stick.
    http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html

  • airtonixNo Gravatar
    September 28th, 2008 07:42

    I wouldn’t even classify these as “hacks”….but rather methods to modify your system.

    But if you want to call them hacks then you would need to satrt calling ” Install firefox on a windows Xp computer” a hack.

    If you really want to cal a list of things ‘hacks’….you might want to look at the hackaday website…

  • PavsNo Gravatar
    September 28th, 2008 07:55

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_(technology)

    “Hack has several meanings in the technology and computer science fields. It may refer to a clever or quick fix to a computer program problem, or to a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem. The term is also used to refer to a modification of a program or device to give the user access to features that were otherwise unavailable, such as DIY circuit bending. The general media also uses this term to describe the act of illegally breaking into a computer, better described as cracking.”

  • ech0No Gravatar
    September 28th, 2008 20:13

    airtonix is a noob. pavs is right.

  • Chris BidmeadNo Gravatar
    October 6th, 2008 11:36

    Gary, nice video for the Mac OS X install on the MSI Wind.

    But you need to know that “OS X” is pronounced “OS Ten”. Only folks who’ve never used it call it “OS ex”.

    –
    Chris

  • tnkgrlNo Gravatar
    October 29th, 2008 03:51

    One more AA1 mod: http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/modding-the-acer-aspire-one-hsdpa/

  • GiacomoNo Gravatar
    November 15th, 2008 14:44

    Hi,
    I just bought a Acer One and I’ll be very interested in installing a different OS flavour such as Arch or Debian: does anyone have a custom USB image of these OSs, because I’d rather avoid going through the tedious and error prone process of configuring the OS for this particular machine.

    Many thanks!

  • freemanNo Gravatar
    November 25th, 2008 06:50

    ;) thx

    good inf

  • LEENo Gravatar
    February 5th, 2009 13:39

    NEW ACER ONE. APPEARS TO BE LINUX (SP?) HOW DO I INSTALL SOFTWARE FOR AIRCARD? MY IT GUY WORKED 3 DAYS, NO LUCK.

  • AlNo Gravatar
    March 15th, 2009 05:53

    Hi…

    I did some of the hacks mentioned above and everything seemed to be working normally. However, one thing I noticed is that the expansion card upgrade has to be done manually everytime I turn on the laptop. I mean, I added an 8-gb SD card in the storage expansion slot and it has been read as part of the SSD before the hacks I did. Now, I have to change the viewing of the side panel to “advanced mode” and then back again to “standard mode” before the laptop recognizes the additional 8 gb of storage. When I turn off the laptop and on again, it goes back to not detecting the expansion SD card.

    What can I do to fix this?

    Thanks!

  • Morris LeeNo Gravatar
    March 26th, 2009 18:07

    hey, you should add this to your hardware mods

    http://www.theacerguy.com/2009/01/aspire-one-a110-25-sata/

    enjoy~~

  • stephen mcnultyNo Gravatar
    April 13th, 2009 19:52

    Hi, i tried following your instructions but failed, instead i went finger happy now i have loads of unwanted icons in my tool bar lol

    5xicons - saying new item, this item has not been configured yet

    7xicons - saying hide windows and show desktop. (one of these would be useful)

    how i get ride of the other 11 icons

    what a retard, im a noob, been on linux for 2 weeks, i’m enjoying it though :)

    learning process

    hope someone can help

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