Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny) Released
Blog HP 2133 Mini-Note: VIA C-7 CPU, Chrome 9 display controller. HP AlphaServer DS10: Alpha CPU, no graphics, serial console. The installation on the HP Mini-Note was amazingly easy, and I expected it to be rather difficult.
[February 16, 2009, 13:03]
What Do We Expect from Netbooks?
Blog Now, this has to be qualified with the fact that I have never tried any other netbook, and in particular I have never tried one with an Intel Atom CPU (the Mini-Note has a VIA C-7M CPU), but that is one of the reasons I am posting this for...
[March 26, 2009, 10:38]
HP "Entertainment PC" Revisited
Blog The 2133 has a VIA C7-M CPU and VIA Chrome 9 graphic controller; the 2140 was a very standard Intel Atom based system, and the new 1010ez has an AMD Athlon Neo CPU and ATI Radeon graphic controller. The AMD Athlon Neo processor is noticeably faster...
[September 29, 2009, 14:27]
Moblin on the Nettop - First Steps
Blog I've wanted to look at moblin for quite some time, but had held back because my HP Mini-Note netbooks have VIA cpu and graphic chips, and I've heard that they can be difficult with moblin (and I saw for myself that they are difficult with the...
[June 9, 2009, 11:32]
CPU Frequency Scaling
Blog Sure enough, it did the trick - as soon as I rebooted, the CPU monitor showed the frequency dropping from 1.6GHz to 800 MHz when the system was idle, the cooling fan didn't run nearly as much (mostly not at all), and the bottom of the Mini-Note...
[April 3, 2009, 14:03]
HP Mini 2140 - Strongly Recommended!
Blog As far as I can tell, the packaging of the HP 2140 is identical to that of my HP 2133 Mini-Note. Once I got past the problem with the BIOS setup claiming that it had a Dual Core CPU, loading UNR 9.04 was easy.
[July 7, 2009, 9:33]
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta
Blog CPU Frequency Scaling works on the VIA C7-M CPU (HP 2133 Mini-Note), without having to edit the kernel boot line. HP 2133 Mini, VIA C7-M HP db2-1010ez, AMD Athlon Neo I've been installing the Karmic Beta release on everything I have around here...
[October 9, 2009, 14:03]
Fedora 11
Blog I wasn't able to install it at all on my HP 2133 Mini-Note systems. Now, to be fair, this is only an Atom-based system, but as it is a pretty well equipped dual CPU Atom system, I suppose this means that I wouldn't be rushing right out to put...
[June 28, 2009, 8:18]
Fair is Fair - Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Blog I've mentioned several times that I have tried it, very briefly, on the HP Mini-Note, and the VIA CPU and Graphic adapter caused it to be unusably slow. Ok, so I realized that if I'm going to be fair about this, in addition to trying Moblin on the...
[June 10, 2009, 20:43]
HP Mini 2140 - I Get To Try One!
Blog I already own an HP 2133 Mini-Note (wouldn't it be nice if they would be more consistent about naming/numbering similar models? There are crucial differences in the internals, though, the most significant of which is the Intel Atom 270 CPU, rather...
[July 1, 2009, 15:41]
Fedora 12 Alpha and The Moblin User Experience
Blog HP 2133 Mini-Note (VIA CPU and Graphics): Unable to boot the LiveCD, it doesn't seem to like the Chrome 9 display adapter. MMS (Multi-Boot Mini-Server, Dual Atom nettop): Installed smoothly, works extremely well, and is overall very nice.
[September 2, 2009, 9:30]
ASUS N10J - Netbook or Notebook?
Blog It installed without a hitch, but I ran into a problem which I had previously seen on my HP 2133 Mini-Note, with its VIA Chrome 9 display adapter. Overall very good, and very pleasant to use, but it is an odd combination of a relatively slow CPU...
[July 17, 2009, 12:10]
Linux on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, Part 1
Blog The VIA CPU, Chrome9 display adapter, Broadcom Gigabit wired network and Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g wireless network were all recognized and work just fine. It is important to note that the following information is based on my trying various of the...
[January 27, 2009, 13:06]
