Comments on: Installing Ubuntu 8.10 on the Eee-pc 901

By: Two easy ways to install Ubuntu 8.10 on an Eee PC - Liliputing

Two easy ways to install Ubuntu 8.10 on an Eee PC - Liliputing — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:39:09 +0000

[...] basically lazy at heart. And I’m probably not the only one. While there are plenty of tutorials on the web that will walk you through the process of customizing Ubuntu 8.10, it’s much [...]

By: drdarkeny

drdarkeny — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:19:06 +0000

Roy – thank you for helping me figure out why I kept losing my wifi on my EEE PC every time Ubuntu upgraded!

Now I have another question I hope you can help me with – can you point me to somebody who can talk me through setting up ndiswrapper for the eee step-by-step, with no “I guess you’re a Linux expert so you’ll understand what I mean here!” holes in the explanation? I’ve found three different ndiswrapper setup pages, and they ALL contain some part in them where I’m clutching my head in my hands and sobbing, “But I don’t UNDERSTAND! I’m a Linux Newbie!”

By: yoyoboy

yoyoboy — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:19:21 +0000

This string hasn’t had a comment for a few months so I thought that me enjoying this ubuntu eee blog and writing a “thank you” wouldn’t go amiss.

By: Roy

Roy — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:34:48 +0000

Hi Kelly. Ubuntu's very best feature is the genuinely helpful community that surrounds it. I'm sure if you post your question at the Ubuntu forums the people there will be able to help you.

By: kelly busche

kelly busche — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:56:34 +0000

Roy-

box and kernel are:
ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid Ibex
kernel 2.6.27-11

I have an HP Deskjet 670C printer which a while ago, before these latest ubuntum? would print fine with lp or lpr or something like that… now I get this message ‘Not connected? Printer hp … may not be connected.’ maybe it comes from a missing driver … or maybe I have to go wireless?

Anyway Roy, If this is easy and sort of cheap, I would be happy to get the printer working. Let me know price approx and if you are inclined,

thanks, Kelly Busche 202-106 Kings Rd West, North Vancouver B.C. V7N-2L8 Canada. 604-990-7278.

By: Galdetsky

Galdetsky — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:24:43 +0000

I like article.
But I like ubuntu 8.04 at all, it has all I need.

By: mrG

mrG — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:13:04 +0000

thx

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:43:19 +0000

@mrG: Once you’ve got a working USB stick with Ubuntu on it you’ll be able to boot off of that in ‘preview mode’. Wireless won’t work, but you’ll be able to play with the interface and correct to the internet using the wired network port.

You won’t be able to install any additional software, but Firefox is already there, as is OpenOffice.

By: mrG

mrG — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:48:28 +0000

is there some way to test this distro out from a USB stick first, without installing over the existing OS? My wife is starting to notice the ‘age’ of the pre-installed 901 O/S, but I don’t think she’s likely to approve any irreversable mods to her precious without trying them out first.

By: Donnie Berkholz

Donnie Berkholz — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:08:10 +0000

I’ve got the 10″ Eee and am actually a big fan of the netbook remix’s interface. It seems really well-suited to this screen size for my workload, because I rarely have any windows that I wouldn’t want full-screen.