Re: Ubuntu on XO-1.5

2010-09-13 Thread James Cameron
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 05:05:44PM +0700, Yang Ha Nguyen wrote: No, I have not. I don't have an XO to try, but according to what you have specified: Ah, right, that's frustrating, because your comment is based on no evidence of testing, and therefore I can't use it for refining my build. On

Re: Ubuntu on XO-1.5

2010-09-10 Thread Yang Ha Nguyen
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 09:00:59AM +1000, James Cameron wrote: On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 06:39:32PM +0700, Yang Ha Nguyen wrote: Puppy Linux should be better than Ubuntu on XO since it's much more lightweight. Sounds like you haven't tried what I built then. I've not included everything Ubuntu

Re: Ubuntu on XO-1.5

2010-09-09 Thread Yang Ha Nguyen
happening in puppy linux for the XO? Puppy is largely derived from Ubuntu. (last time I checked) david On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:24 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: Announcing XO-1.5 Ubuntu desktop and minimal builds, based on 10.04 lucid and the maverick testing suite that should

Re: Ubuntu on XO-1.5

2010-09-09 Thread James Cameron
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 06:39:32PM +0700, Yang Ha Nguyen wrote: Puppy Linux should be better than Ubuntu on XO since it's much more lightweight. Sounds like you haven't tried what I built then. I've not included everything Ubuntu includes. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/

Re: Ubuntu on XO-1.5

2010-09-02 Thread David Farning
Pretty interesting! Have you seen the recent work happening in puppy linux for the XO? Puppy is largely derived from Ubuntu. (last time I checked) david On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:24 PM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: Announcing XO-1.5 Ubuntu desktop and minimal builds, based on 10.04

Ubuntu on XO-1.5

2010-09-01 Thread James Cameron
Announcing XO-1.5 Ubuntu desktop and minimal builds, based on 10.04 lucid and the maverick testing suite that should lead to 10.10. The desktop build is GNOME based, is 284 MB compressed, 814 MB installed, and is built on a 2 GB partition size. The minimal build avoids X and contains only text

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread David Farning
protects which I feel need to be nudged into moving forward and I am just 'putting my money where my mouth is' to make it happen. david Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an XO-1.5? If yes, which version? What install process? Did it work? Drivers missing our outdated

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
upstream-downstream conversation than most people think. https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-maverick-edubuntu-packages Regards, Tomeu david Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an XO-1.5? If yes, which version? What install process? Did it work

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread David Farning
-packages Regards, Tomeu david Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an XO-1.5? If yes, which version? What install process? Did it work? Drivers missing our outdated? Did you have to grab custom packages? (which ones?) cheers, m --  martin.langh

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
it to an older release. But of course, a PPA might be good enough for the moment. Regards, Tomeu david https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-maverick-edubuntu-packages Regards, Tomeu david Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an XO-1.5

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: Curious minds want to know... Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an XO-1.5? If yes, which version? What install process? Did it work? Drivers missing our outdated? Did you have

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Paul Fox
martin wrote: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Martin Langhoff martin.langh...@gmail.com wrote: Curious minds want to know... Have you installed, or tried to install vanilla(ish) Ubuntu on an XO-1.5? If yes, which version? What install process? Did it work? Drivers missing our

Re: Anyone playing with Ubuntu on XO-1.5?

2010-06-14 Thread Richard A. Smith
On 06/14/2010 02:46 PM, Paul Fox wrote: a lot of work was done for ubuntu on XO-1. much of that work might be applicable as well. i don't have a link handy, i'm afraid. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ubuntu_Lucid_on_OLPC_XO? -- Richard A. Smith rich...@laptop.org One Laptop per Child