[CoLoCo] good distro for umpc

[David Overcash]

Talking about this?  http://www.ubuntu.com/products/mobile

As far as I know, it's meant for mobile devices such as handheld computers
and whatnot...  like internet tablets.

What graphics and sound systems are on the system you are working with?
There's a good chance that a patched kernel or more appropriate drivers are
available.  In fact, there's a good chance you could simply take the driver
from the installation that comes with the device and use it with Ubuntu.
However, you need to make sure that the License on the driver allows for
this, as any proprietary hardware can also be bundled with a proprietary
license that is very restricting for specialized devices like this.

I'm VERY free the next week and a half before I go back down to Lakewood for
school.  Want to get together and have a geek-hacking session on this box?
I could come over to Windsor H.S. if that's easiest.

-David

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>wrote:

> I am checking out one of the hp mini notes as a possible option for a
> mobile lab for our school. They come with SLED but I'm not a fan of RPM
> distros or Suse. I put Ubuntu on this but it's kind of slow and buggy
> (video, sound issues). I know Ubuntu is probably a bit heavier than some and
> lighter than others. I'm not interested in puppy or DSL but is there a
> fairly full on distro similar to Ubuntu but lighter weight? I know about
> Xubuntu and installed it with apt-get install xubuntu-desktop but the core
> problems (sound, video, speed) didn't really change. Maybe that's 'cause
> it's not a pure install but running xfce instead of gnome should make some
> difference and I didn't really notice any. Anyway, has anyone played with
> any lighter Linux and found it to be quite good? I know the mini-note is not
> quite a UMPC but isn't there a version of Ubuntu coming out for these? Would
> that work or is not ready or not appropriate?
>
> Thanks.
>
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