On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:47:26 Aidan Gauland wrote:
> Steve Holdoway wrote:
> > I've got an older Acer One, with just an 8GB SSD+SD. It works fine
> > ( currently running the pre-release Ubuntu 10.10 happily ), although the
> > SSD has been replaced once, and write performance does seem rather slow.
> TBH the ubuntu network stuff is more about best use of a limited display
> area than different drivers. I can switch between full-blown gnome
> desktop and netbook on login.
I tried both. The netbook UI grew on me -- it just seemed a better use
of limited screen real estate. "Normal" Ubuntu ran
On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 15:55 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:
> TBH the ubuntu network stuff is more about best use of a limited display
> area than different drivers. I can switch between full-blown gnome
> desktop and netbook on login.
>
> Steve
>
Sorry, s/network/netbook/
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Steve Holdoway
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On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 15:47 +1200, Aidan Gauland wrote:
> Steve Holdoway wrote:
> > I've got an older Acer One, with just an 8GB SSD+SD. It works fine
> > ( currently running the pre-release Ubuntu 10.10 happily ), although the
> > SSD has been replaced once, and write performance does seem rather
Steve Holdoway wrote:
> I've got an older Acer One, with just an 8GB SSD+SD. It works fine
> ( currently running the pre-release Ubuntu 10.10 happily ), although the
> SSD has been replaced once, and write performance does seem rather slow.
Does anyone else have any experiences with or opinions of
Hi,
Using Ubuntu Server 9.10.
Thanks for all the suggestions on moving my /var to another disk last
week. I went with a new LV and moved /var to it. Then set the partition
to mount as /var in fstab.
However, I got errors with /var/lock and /var/run not existing when
booting. I googled it and fou
On 7 April 2010 21:21, Aidan Gauland wrote:
> Ross Drummond wrote:
> > If you want a small computer for a static application such as a desktop I
> > recommend this model;
> >
> > http://www.enetcomputers.co.nz/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=EBOX101
>
> No, I want a net*book*, not a net*top*. :)
>
Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:13:49 +1200
> Aidan Gauland wrote:
>
>> As for buying a netbook with Linux, I would love to if it wasn't more
>> expensive. I'd rather retailers would offer OS-less machines, but I
>> guess nobody wants that.
>
> It's not that nobody wants it, it's th
Craig Falconer wrote:
> Have we eliminated all the Apple fanboys ?
Guess not. I will have to send my thugs over tonight.
--Aidan
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Vik Olliver wrote:
> 'Course, if you just want something small with a keyboard that runs
> Linux try the Nokia N900. I luvs it. Runs X apps and you get root :)
Too small. I might as well get a Nokia Flea while I'm at it.
--Aidan
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Ross Drummond wrote:
> If you want a small computer for a static application such as a desktop I
> recommend this model;
>
> http://www.enetcomputers.co.nz/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=EBOX101
No, I want a net*book*, not a net*top*. :)
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On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:13:49 +1200
Aidan Gauland wrote:
> As for buying a netbook with Linux, I would love to if it wasn't more
> expensive. I'd rather retailers would offer OS-less machines, but I
> guess nobody wants that.
It's not that nobody wants it, it's that the manufacturers/distributor
Solor Vox wrote:
> My only gripe is the keyboard. They put an arrow key where the shift key
> should be, and it's a bit small for my large fingers. As a final note, why
> not support Linux and get the xandros model? While I highly recommend using
> ubuntu netbook edition in place of it, I'd rat
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