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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]
Xubuntu on the Acer Aspire One
Blog I was a bit bored with the sluggish performance of Ubuntu Netbook Remix on my small but perfectly formed Aspire One, so following on from oiio's personal experience, I've installed Xubuntu. It was a bit tricky installing Xubuntu in the first...
[January 20, 2009, 16:11]
Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Final Release
Blog I have not installed the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR), because it has serious performance problems with the openchrome driver in my HP Mini-Note netbooks. The downloads became available yesterday afternoon, European time, and I have now installed it...
[April 24, 2009, 9:18]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - An Acid Test
Blog At the end of last week I got the opportunity to start an "Acid Test" of the latest Ubuntu Netbook Remix. I wish there was a "Mint Netbook Remix".sigh. Everything went smoothly, and it was installed and running in well under an hour.
[June 23, 2009, 9:57]
HP Mini 2140 - I Get To Try One!
Blog Because the 2140 came with a relatively old SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 installed, I decided to just skip that and go straight for the throat - install Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and be done with it and ready to work in 30 minutes or less.
[July 1, 2009, 15:41]
ASUS N10J - Netbook or Notebook?
Blog Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope): The standard distribution installs just as easily as the Netbook Remix, and actually works somewhat better because it doesn't have the display performance problems when the nVidia is installed, nor does it have the...
[July 17, 2009, 12:10]
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 1 (Overview)
Blog Comment The Intel driver is quite good in this area, so you can turn on Advanced Video Effects, or run the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and it all works very nicely. That means you can't enable Advanced Video Effects (not a big deal), and if you try to run the...
[November 5, 2009, 6:27]
AA1 Ubuntu bugs & niggly bits
Blog Apparently there is now an "Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) installer image with the LPIA kernel" available, and this "can be installed as-is on an Aspire One", thereby greatly reducing the number of steps.
[November 24, 2008, 7:22]
Using Xfce for a Netbook Desktop
Blog As I have said before, I think the Ubuntu Netbook Remix (which is based on the Gnome desktop) is good for casual users, but I think it is a bit tedious for experienced users, and I find the Moblin desktop to be mostly inscrutable.
[August 14, 2009, 10:27]
Samsung NC20 - A Brief Encounter
Blog My first thought was to put Ubuntu Netbook Remix on it, since we were treating it as a netbook. What we actually wanted to do with the NC20 this weekend was get Linux installed on it alongside the existing Windows XP Home.
[July 23, 2009, 10:25]
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 3 (Xubuntu Xfce)
Blog Part 2 I looked at the Ubuntu Netbook Remix, which is probably the best known of the netbook-centric versions. It is also worth mentioning that both the Xubuntu and Kubuntu distributions are in fact more than just the standard Ubuntu distribution...
[November 9, 2009, 14:26]
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 1 (Overview)
Blog Ubuntu Netbook Remix Next up, I'll take a look at the Karmic Netbook Remix, and see what has been done to make Ubuntu even more user friendly on netbooks.jw 4/11/2009 If your netbook includes Bluetooth support, it will be detected and activated...
[November 4, 2009, 12:07]
Acer Perspire One
Blog The netbook starts to become obsessive -- at the end of the Ubuntu howto there are details for installing Netbook Remix, which is all about minimising the vertical cluttter. Of course, I decided that the installed Linpus Lite linux (based on the...
[September 11, 2008, 9:02]
Notes On the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog The most obvious place where this is visible is that the 2133 just can't run the Ubuntu Netbook Remix well at all, the 3D effects on the UNR desktop are painfully slow. The easy/silly answer is, of course, get the optional double battery pack if...
[July 30, 2009, 12:23]
Adobe to take Photoshop online
News Chizen described the introduction of Adobe Remix and the forthcoming hosted Photoshop as part of a larger move toward integrating hosted services into the company's product mix. Chizen said Adobe laid the foundation for a hosted Photoshop product...
[March 1, 2007, 8:33]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix woes
Blog For the first time since I bought my Lenovo S10e and Installed Win7 and Ubuntu I have been experiencing issues. If you do not do this, then the version of GRUB installed in your boot sector will not be able to read the kernel from the ext4...
[April 17, 2009, 17:08]
Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic Koala) on Netbooks - Part 2 (Netbook Remix)
Blog Comment I agree, I too installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my desktops and laptop and it works great not one single issue. I also installed it on Dell XPS 1330 and it rocks, super fast compared to windows 7 which was running on the same laptop.
[November 6, 2009, 12:08]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - An Acid Test
Blog Comment I took the plunge and installed Linux Mint on my acer one and apart from having to switch to the proprietary "Mad Wi-Fi" driver, every thing works as it should. @J.A. Watson. Mint sits very nicely on the first generation Acer One's screen.
[July 1, 2009, 22:07]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix "Acid Test" - First Results
Blog Comment Got it installed to my 16gig stick and have ran it as live only, so far. Good article Jamie. I finally got around to trying UNR on my HP MINI. The layout seems to be an acceptable alternative from a native KDE screen, everything self explanatory.
[June 29, 2009, 9:32]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix "Acid Test" - Wrap-Up
Blog Comment I had installed UNR on a 16 gig thumb drive, and tried it out on the hospital's wireless network, while visiting my wife. It was unable to find the network. Rebooted into Mandriva and the wireless came up automatically.
[July 10, 2009, 15:08]
