New and Updated Distributions on Ant (the Dual Atom nettop)
Blog Ubuntu (including the Netbook Remix): A comment to my recent posting about UNR on an Eee PC led me to installing the "ubuntu-restricted-extras" package, to get a number of useful add-ons and plug-ins all installed at once.
[June 24, 2009, 10:50]
Dialogue Box 6.6: A first look at Moblin
Video Rupert and Charles take the beta for a spin and compare it to Ubuntu's netbook remix. Those seeking to run Linux on their netbook have a new option: Moblin.
[May 29, 2009, 17:08]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - Have You Seen it Lately?
Blog If you haven't looked at the Ubuntu Netbook Remix lately, I think you are in for a very pleasant surprise. It was vastly superior to the Moblin desktop if your purpose with the netbook was anything other than "Social Networking", but I still didn't...
[October 15, 2009, 15:22]
Moblin on the Nettop - Part 2 (Overview)
Blog Comment So now I am using Ubuntu Netbook Remix and it just works like normal ubuntu. The Moblin 2 OS was specifically designed to run on an Intel Atom processor in a netbook[2]. Shortly afterwards, a Foxconn netbook[5] and an InvenTech smartphone[6] were...
[June 17, 2009, 8:12]
Linux on Netbooks - Hope for the Future
Blog Comment Last month, with the final release of Moblin v2.0, Dell began offering its Mini 10v netbook with an early developer's version of the Moblin-based Ubuntu Moblin Remix, and other distributions are also expected to arrive this fall sporting all or...
[October 29, 2009, 1:57]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - User Interface Pro/Am Opinions
Blog I'm going to take a look at the Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 desktop and user interface. For new users, this makes it much more obvious where things are located, and on the small screens of the netbook systems that UNR is intended for, it makes the...
[June 25, 2009, 11:19]
Fair is Fair - Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Blog Comment Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) 9.04 boots to the desktop in 35 seconds Moblin 2.0 Beta boots to the desktop in 25 seconds Knakworst - I suspect that you are correct about the difference in the intended audience - it will be interesting to see if they...
[June 11, 2009, 14:51]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix woes
Blog Note that imaging a Netbook is a very slow exercise. Another irritation with my Netbook is a recent tendency of the keyboard to fail initiate at boot or reboot time. In my first two attempts to re-install the Beta of UNR 9.04, I elected to use the...
[April 17, 2009, 17:08]
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 2 (Netbook Remix)
Blog Comment I've been running Karmic on my Acer Aspire One (8gig solid state drive and 512K) since the Beta, and it is a great improvement on Jaunty. Everything ran out of the box, no need to go to Terminal at all.
[November 6, 2009, 12:47]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - Have You Seen it Lately?
Blog Comment I believe that UNR will be released at the same time as the standard distribution, because that is the way it happened with Jaunty, and it has happened with the Alpha and Beta releases. We'll know for sure in a few weeks.
[October 16, 2009, 13:21]
