Mini 9 will be here soon.

[Marcelo Magno T. Sales]

Em Segunda-feira 12 Outubro 2009, Mark Griffin escreveu:
> I ordered a Dell mini 9. It should be arriving tomorrow, or soon
> after. It has the Dell version of 8.04 on it. I'm liking what I have
> seen on the web about the regular Netbook Remix. I have a usb thumb
> drive all loaded up with 9.04 Remix. I'm wondering though, if I will
> be giving up anything by ditching the included version? It's supposed
> to be optimized for the Atom processor, and all that. Will I be
> trading stuff like smoother flash playback, for an OS I like better?
>
> The 9 will be my primary computer.(Don't laugh) I'm poor, and want
> ultra portability.
>
> I'm not exactly new to Linux. I used to run Yellow Dog Linux on an
> old iMac(The kind with a built-in CRT). I'm not exactly an expert
> either.

The only thing that probably has better support in the Dell version that 
comes with your netbook is the Intel GMA500 video chipset (Poulsbo / 
psb). All the rest work very well with Jaunty and Karmic.
The video works great for 2D, but compositing and 3D desktop effects are 
not very good currently. Actually, it is very slow and not all effects 
can be used. I have a Sony Vaio P688 which has the same video chipset. 
I've read that your Dell version of Ubuntu 8.04 has 100% working psb 
drivers.
Maybe you should backup your hard drive with dd to some external usb 
storage and then install Karmic Netbook Remix to test it. If you don't 
like the results, restore the previous system.

[]'s
Marcelo