Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
Simon O'Riordan wrote: My curiosity was piqued by the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook UNR edition, so I installed it this afternoon on my netbook. It is appalling. The visuals are expanded and detailed so as to give a clearer set of options on small screens, but they consume so much graphics and memory that buttons take up to ten seconds to respond. Bearing in mind that this netbook came with optional Vista Business as standard, and you see that UNR must have some seroius issues. Summary- very attractive, but practically unusable. I've put the excellent 9.10 desktop back on. What hardware are you running it on Simon? My son runs it on his Acer One and it's fine. It won't be taking on any super computers any time soon, but it's certainly usable. Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
Sean Gibbins wrote: Simon O'Riordan wrote: My curiosity was piqued by the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook UNR edition, so I installed it this afternoon on my netbook. It is appalling. The visuals are expanded and detailed so as to give a clearer set of options on small screens, but they consume so much graphics and memory that buttons take up to ten seconds to respond. Bearing in mind that this netbook came with optional Vista Business as standard, and you see that UNR must have some seroius issues. Summary- very attractive, but practically unusable. I've put the excellent 9.10 desktop back on. What hardware are you running it on Simon? My son runs it on his Acer One and it's fine. It won't be taking on any super computers any time soon, but it's certainly usable. Sean I've been using the XFCE edition of Mint on my netbook for the last month or so. I can't rate it highly enough. Dean -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
I'm running it on the HP 2133 Mini. That's the one with the Via chipset. Funny thing is, it works fine with the Desktop version; maybe it is optimised to be an 'un-netbook' netbook? Simono - Original Message - From: Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say. Simon O'Riordan wrote: My curiosity was piqued by the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook UNR edition, so I installed it this afternoon on my netbook. It is appalling. The visuals are expanded and detailed so as to give a clearer set of options on small screens, but they consume so much graphics and memory that buttons take up to ten seconds to respond. Bearing in mind that this netbook came with optional Vista Business as standard, and you see that UNR must have some seroius issues. Summary- very attractive, but practically unusable. I've put the excellent 9.10 desktop back on. What hardware are you running it on Simon? My son runs it on his Acer One and it's fine. It won't be taking on any super computers any time soon, but it's certainly usable. Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
Simon O'Riordan wrote: I'm running it on the HP 2133 Mini. That's the one with the Via chipset. Funny thing is, it works fine with the Desktop version; maybe it is optimised to be an 'un-netbook' netbook? I may be wrong here, but isn't UNR optimised for Intel Atom CPUs? It might explain your experience if that is the case! Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
On 17/12/09 22:15, Simon O'Riordan wrote: I'm running it on the HP 2133 Mini. That's the one with the Via chipset. Funny thing is, it works fine with the Desktop version; maybe it is optimised to be an 'un-netbook' netbook? Simono I had the same problem on my HP 2133 so I think it is the laptop not UNR. I also run Ubuntu desktop without any problems. John. -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
John Cooper wrote: On 17/12/09 22:15, Simon O'Riordan wrote: I'm running it on the HP 2133 Mini. That's the one with the Via chipset. Funny thing is, it works fine with the Desktop version; maybe it is optimised to be an 'un-netbook' netbook? Simono I had the same problem on my HP 2133 so I think it is the laptop not UNR. I also run Ubuntu desktop without any problems. Here you go: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks#HP%202133%20Mininote Actually, the issue is with the graphics drivers and not CPU ptimisation. Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
I have 9.10 (NBR=Net Book Re-mix , is that the same as UNR ?) on a eePC 900A and it works very well. What are you using ? On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 22:02 +, Simon O'Riordan wrote: My curiosity was piqued by the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook UNR edition, so I installed it this afternoon on my netbook. It is appalling. The visuals are expanded and detailed so as to give a clearer set of options on small screens, but they consume so much graphics and memory that buttons take up to ten seconds to respond. Bearing in mind that this netbook came with optional Vista Business as standard, and you see that UNR must have some seroius issues. Summary- very attractive, but practically unusable. I've put the excellent 9.10 desktop back on. Simono -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
As I said, I'm using the HP2133 Mini. Must be a Via issue. Simono On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 22:57 +, Dominic Lonsdale wrote: I have 9.10 (NBR=Net Book Re-mix , is that the same as UNR ?) on a eePC 900A and it works very well. What are you using ? On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 22:02 +, Simon O'Riordan wrote: My curiosity was piqued by the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook UNR edition, so I installed it this afternoon on my netbook. It is appalling. The visuals are expanded and detailed so as to give a clearer set of options on small screens, but they consume so much graphics and memory that buttons take up to ten seconds to respond. Bearing in mind that this netbook came with optional Vista Business as standard, and you see that UNR must have some seroius issues. Summary- very attractive, but practically unusable. I've put the excellent 9.10 desktop back on. Simono -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
Ah, well, that would be a financial matter then. The HP2140 is Atom-based but costs an awful lot, like £300-£400. I'll just have to soldier on with desktop, and hope that they fix the microphone bug. Simono - Original Message - From: Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk To: Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say. Simon O'Riordan wrote: I'm running it on the HP 2133 Mini. That's the one with the Via chipset. Funny thing is, it works fine with the Desktop version; maybe it is optimised to be an 'un-netbook' netbook? I may be wrong here, but isn't UNR optimised for Intel Atom CPUs? It might explain your experience if that is the case! Sean -- www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:03:19 -, Simon O'Riordan voluntar...@btopenworld.com wrote: As I said, I'm using the HP2133 Mini. Must be a Via issue. Simono The Via chips are pretty poor performers, if you are getting it to do large amounts of graphics work without offloading things onto a GPU then its not massively surprising it being slow. Do you know if its got a dedicated GPU? if it does I would advise installing the drivers (even the binary ones if you have too) and giving it another shot. Rob -- Using Opera M2: http://www.opera.com/mail/ -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say.
John, did you get the microphones to work? Simono - Original Message - From: John Cooper l...@discoverlinux.co.uk To: dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [Dorset] Sorry to say. On 17/12/09 22:15, Simon O'Riordan wrote: I'm running it on the HP 2133 Mini. That's the one with the Via chipset. Funny thing is, it works fine with the Desktop version; maybe it is optimised to be an 'un-netbook' netbook? Simono I had the same problem on my HP 2133 so I think it is the laptop not UNR. I also run Ubuntu desktop without any problems. John. -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Next meeting: Dorchester, Tuesday 2010-01-05 20:00 Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.orgchannel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
