Some other useful sources of information for working with Linux on Acer laptops.
The Linux on Laptops page can be quite useful, particularly the Linux on Acer Laptops page. Many other (modern) Acer Travelmate models are sufficiently similar to the 361EVi that useful hints can be obtained by reading their documents.
The Tux On Mobile Computers page contains links to a lot of useful information (as well as some handy locally hosted details). There is also a page of links to Acer laptop details.
There are some other pages describing Linux on Acer 36x laptops.
http://www.trd.fast.no/~boros/acer360.html, by Peter Boros
http://www.kitty.in.th/index.php?room=lab&id=1, by "kitty"