Ubuntu Distro for the Mini-Note: MinBuntu
Lee over at mininoteuser.com has modified the normal Ubuntu distro to work better with the Mini-Note out of the box and called it MinBuntu. Getting the wireless working is a pain in Ubuntu, and you also need to get the VIA Chrome driver installed if you want to enable 3D Acceleration. MinBuntu has both those installed along with the standard updates. Lee did decide to leave out OpenOffice though, but that is easy enough to install on your own if you need it.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:29 am
This is good news as it would make it less of a chore of installing my favorite OS. If Isaiah comes out soon enough then I actually might get this but to be honest I will probably end up getting an MSI Wind.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:35 am
I can confirm that snd-hda-intel.ko mutes the speaker when earphones are inserted. Excellent!
May 19th, 2008 at 7:42 am
A custom Ubuntu distro is great news.
For those interested in running stock Ubuntu on the Mini-Note, there’s a How-To on the Ubuntu LaptopTestingTeam wiki.
September 24th, 2008 at 5:42 am
That is a good thing to leave out OpenOffice as then you can install a clean new OpenOffice 3.x VERY SOON.
OpenOffice 3.x works with more email clients (uses the data from the contact lists, like Thunderbird for example). There are many other advantages to OOo 3.x too.
September 24th, 2008 at 5:54 am
HP could very easily do their own Ubuntu version as well and offer it.
HP 2133 needs better battery life (compared to MSI Wind 6 cell or the EeePC 6 cell class machines HP is lacking).
HP using Novell SuSE Linux, shows that they don’t do their homework as many just plain and simple don’t like SuSE (for technical and other reasons).
October 1st, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I made a kernel for the mininote, ubuntu style, with working soundcard, wifi and optimized for Via C7 cpu. Works great with the minbuntu dist.
Check my thread on the forums, or the mininoteuser forums.