[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Install on Dell Mini 10 (1018)

[agoats at compuserve.com]

>
> Out of curiousity, why does your better half want to install
> the older v8.04?
The newer KDE 4 interface looks like Vista/Windows 7 too much, she's 
more comfortable with the windows 95/98/XP of the KDE 3 series. I'm not 
very fond of the KDE4 either, flash and splash at the cost of too many 
other things that are actually more important.   It took me a  couple of 
hours to find how to get rid of the menu crap and revert it to the older 
style I prefer. Not everyone likes "change" and too many ignore this.

Alvin



Fred Hensley wrote:
> I recently went through the same exercise with an older Dell Mini 10
> (model 1010) and a newer Dell Inspiron 11z.  In the case of the older
> unit (1010), the Intel GMA500 video chipset driver was a disaster to
> support because the Poulsbo hardware manufacturer had little interest in
> maintaining support for Linux, but by contrast the 10.10 installation to
> the newer 11z Intel 945 chipset was a breeze.
>
> Ubuntu maintains a hardware compatibility list as follows, but so far no
> entries yet regarding your newer Mini 10.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks
>
> We also had to keep our Windows 7 partition alive and well on our
> netbooks to support some applications, but the newest 10.10 Ubuntu
> installation flawlessly resized the Windows partition for us. We even
> had a little graphical "slider" during the install process to
> dynamically resize the old windows partition (making it t-i-n-y)
> compared to the new Linux partitions.  When we next rebooted Windows 7,
> it complained about the resized hard disk and performed some HD tests,
> but nothing more.  
>
> I would assume installing the newest 10.10 Kubuntu install should also
> work well with existing Windows partitions, but as always your mileage
> may vary.  Out of curiousity, why does your better half want to install
> the older v8.04?
>
> Finally, although your stated interests lie elsewhere with Kubuntu, we
> also installed the newest netbook version of Ubuntu 10.10 with the
> flashy "Unity" interface for small form factor displays.  So far, so
> good, despite some small technical issues thus far.  FYI, we like it
> quite a bit when running standard graphical desktop apps.
>
> Have fun, good luck with Kubuntu on your Mini 10, and Merry Christmas to
> everyone at NTLUG!
>
> -Fred-
> Fred Hensley
> fred at hensleyhome.org
>
>
> On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 22:32 -0600, agoats at compuserve.com wrote:
>
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>> Ya'll,
>>
>> Spousal unit wants Kubuntu 8.04 installed on it and she wants to keep 
>> Winbloze 7 as well. Wiping and install, no real issue, but windows 7....
>>
>> Anybody have any war stories on installing and resizing partitions on 
>> windows 7?
>>
>> Alvin
>>
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