In case anyone didn't notice, Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Alpha 3 is now available for download from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimage/releases/karmic/alpha-3/ - as an iso image. As with any alpha, this is not to be considered ready for production use yet, but if you are willing and able, testing and feedback on it is always welcome.
If you are not quite ready to give it a go on real hardware yet, running it under VirtualBox happens to work very well. It's also a good option for those who want to help test UNR, but don't have netbooks. One issue sometimes encountered with running apps on netbooks is the small screen size. Many netbooks these days have screens that can handle, at most, 1024x576 resolution. The netbook I normally test on does 1024x600, but I'd like to test on 1024x576 since that's popular now, and it could be that some apps are fully capable of hadling 600 pixels, but go right off the screen at anything lower. For others who may be interested, here's an easy way of doing that. The following was done on my virtualbox running UNR: Use cvt to get the modeline: $ cvt Modeline "1024x576_60.00" 46.50 1024 1064 1160 1296 576 579 584 599 -hsync +vsync Now use xrandr to add the new mode: $ xrandr --newmode "1024x576_60.00" 46.50 1024 1064 1160 1296 576 579 584 599 -hsync +vsync $ xrandr --addmode VBOX1 "1024x576_60.00" $ xrandr -s 1024x576_60.00 At this point, you should see the window size change to 1024x576, and that's it. Thanks, Paul Larson -- Ubuntu-mobile mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mobile
