Absolutely, you've helped to fill my need for information and informed advice.
Thank you VERY much! I should say, however, that we're not using a Cloudbook, per se. It's the slightly larger gBook model from Everex and I do believe it has a typical notebook hard drive, although the Linux system might be on an internal flash drive necessitating a USB install; I'll have to look at that web page you linked to for more information on hardware. Thanks again. On Aug 30, 3:35 pm, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Though I do not have a Cloudbook I will do my best to answer the > questions in which I can. > > > 1) The desktop GUI windows look "frizzled" when they open and close. > > I assumed this was something to do with compositing being enabled, but > > I can find no way to correct the problem. Any information about this > > would be helpful. > > I do not know why this would be happening, you could try and turn off > xcompmgr or any compositing effects the system has. This however will > also make the Avant Window Navigator if you are running it, useless. > > > 2) There was no manual shipped with the computer and yet there were > > some BIG tripwires that we only avoided because I did my homework > > before doing any updates; the main tripwire, as you know, was that one > > should NOT do a system upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04. A good help manual > > should have shipped and the manual should put a big warning on the > > front page regarding this NO UPGRADE issue. > > I agree. > > > 3) There are apparently no repositories in place for this edition of > > gOS. If I had known that, I would have recommended that she buy a > > cheap ASUS or a used HP and let me install Debian or Ubuntu. Every > > other Linux distribution that I've used recommends that, minimally, > > security updates be made every three weeks to avoid problems. > > All I can say about this since I wasn't working with gOS at the time > the Cloudbook version was developed, is that gOS Gadgets Final Release > will have a custom repository, however distribution upgrades will not > be possible via the update manager. But you will be able to easily > backup your home folder and the perform a upgrade using the typical > Live CD Installer, and then simply readd your home folder contents > from your backup. > > > 1) Currently, we're using the update manager and the > > Ubuntu repositories to do regular updates, but not any upgrades. Is > > this safe? > > It should be, as long as no distribution upgrade is run. > > > 2) I discovered that upgrading the kernel and then using > > the updated kernel will prevent the use of the internal wifi card, and > > I assume that this is because the proprietary driver for the wifi card > > needs to be compiled for the new kernel; is there a recommended way of > > doing this? > > I'll email the devs and see what they have to say. > > You can try running lspci from your terminal to determine which wifi > card you have. > Then obtain the windows driver for it and use NDIS Wrapper to utilize > the Win Driver on GOS. > I assume you know what I am talking about, since you obviously are > experienced on Linux systems. > > > 3) Please point me to some comprehensive guide on using > > the version of gOS that comes with the Everex laptop. > > There are several hardware guides, some useful forums, and additional > information about the cloudbook both XP and gOS Versions at this > site.http://cloudbookumpc.com/ > > > 4) If gOS turns > > out to be unsatisfactory, is there a way to install straight Ubuntu > > instead? > > You would have to create a USB Installer for Ubuntu or Debian to do > this. > A quick search on Google will lead you to basic instructions on how to > do this. > But, yes you can install another Linux OS on it. > > > 5) Is it advisable for an advanced user like myself to > > switch to the Beta version? If so, then how? > > Not on the Cloudbook just yet. > Wait until the final release comes out and then check back here to > verify that other users have had success in doing this. > > I hope this at least somewhat helped point you in the right direction. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
