Comments on: HP Mini 1000 Netbook – Running Linux http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:08:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Drhuid http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-34248 Drhuid Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:37:53 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-34248 Had a problem loading 8.10 BUT now loaded 9.04 via wubi.exe. Fantastic....all drivers loaded along with bluetooth, wifi and ethernet. Superb Had a problem loading 8.10 BUT now loaded 9.04 via wubi.exe.
Fantastic….all drivers loaded along with bluetooth, wifi and ethernet.
Superb

]]> By: Windows XP Pro, Vista, & 7 Performance Comparisons on a HP DV2715nr Notebook — The Gadgeteer http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-33728 Windows XP Pro, Vista, & 7 Performance Comparisons on a HP DV2715nr Notebook — The Gadgeteer Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:41:27 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-33728 [...] I decided to give this a whirl and I figured why not, if it doesn’t work, I’ll throw Ubuntu (per Rob Tillotson’s most excellent suggestion) or HP’s MIE OS on it and see if any of that [...] [...] I decided to give this a whirl and I figured why not, if it doesn’t work, I’ll throw Ubuntu (per Rob Tillotson’s most excellent suggestion) or HP’s MIE OS on it and see if any of that [...]

]]> By: Kevin B http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-33577 Kevin B Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:56:08 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-33577 Thanks for your reply. Turns out I wasn't connected to the net. Oy! Anyway, I got it installed on my HP Mini 1014tu PC. Now I can have the luxury of a Netbook experience without the suffering that goes along with XP! Thanks for the great guide! --Kevin Thanks for your reply. Turns out I wasn’t connected to the net. Oy!
Anyway, I got it installed on my HP Mini 1014tu PC. Now I can have the luxury of a Netbook experience without the suffering that goes along with XP! Thanks for the great guide!
–Kevin

]]> By: Rob Tillotson http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-33557 Rob Tillotson Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:19:48 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-33557 Well, that sounds like a problem with your DNS... us.archive.ubuntu.com is a working hostname. Do you have problems accessing other sites from the basic Ubuntu installation? If not, you may need to troubleshoot that before continuing. Well, that sounds like a problem with your DNS… us.archive.ubuntu.com is a working hostname. Do you have problems accessing other sites from the basic Ubuntu installation? If not, you may need to troubleshoot that before continuing.

]]> By: Kevin B http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-33553 Kevin B Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:33:22 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-33553 Hi there-- I too want to keep XP as I do some ColdFusion coding for my website. Your instructions are flawless. The only snag I ran into was installing the UNR from the instructions you linked too. I got a lot of "Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com' " type of of errors. And a lot of "failed to fetch" errors. I am connected to the internet...any suggestions on what's wrong (I'm totally new to Ubuntu!) Thanks, Kevin Hi there–
I too want to keep XP as I do some ColdFusion coding for my website.
Your instructions are flawless.

The only snag I ran into was installing the UNR from the instructions you linked too. I got a lot of “Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg Could not resolve ‘us.archive.ubuntu.com’ ” type of of errors. And a lot of “failed to fetch” errors.

I am connected to the internet…any suggestions on what’s wrong (I’m totally new to Ubuntu!)

Thanks,
Kevin

]]> By: David http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-32362 David Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:34:12 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-32362 I followed the above instructions BUT: The Ubuntu logo and taske bar work, then eventually turn white and I end up with a black screen with flasing cursor in top left corner. Weird. I found the same when trying to do a clean install from a CD. I am running XP with no problems, and am reluctant to reload the original Suse OS as it says everything on the drive will be deleted. Is that true, or will I get a chance to dual boot from a new partition. Much prefer Ubuntu........... I followed the above instructions BUT:
The Ubuntu logo and taske bar work, then eventually turn white and I end up with a black screen with flasing cursor in top left corner. Weird.

I found the same when trying to do a clean install from a CD.

I am running XP with no problems, and am reluctant to reload the original Suse OS as it says everything on the drive will be deleted. Is that true, or will I get a chance to dual boot from a new partition.

Much prefer Ubuntu………..

]]> By: Mark Duncan http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-32056 Mark Duncan Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:58:48 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-32056 For making bootable thumbdrives in Windows, the easiest way I've found is to use <a href="http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">UNetbootin</a>. You just pick the ISO and your thumbdrive and it does the rest. I used this for putting Easy Peasy (formerly Ubuntu-eee. High wife acceptance factor!) on my wife's netbook and it worked perfectly. There's a Linux version too, but I haven't used it. For making bootable thumbdrives in Windows, the easiest way I’ve found is to use UNetbootin. You just pick the ISO and your thumbdrive and it does the rest. I used this for putting Easy Peasy (formerly Ubuntu-eee. High wife acceptance factor!) on my wife’s netbook and it worked perfectly. There’s a Linux version too, but I haven’t used it.

]]> By: Aaron http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-31974 Aaron Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:39:54 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-31974 You're right, I forgot one step I did. HP offers a windows gui tool that lets you make a bootable thumb drive to restore your Mini MI. I used that same tool, but pointed it to the Netbook Remix iso instead of the HP Mini MI iso. That did make it pretty painless. And I do doubt that joe shmoe would be going that route. You’re right, I forgot one step I did.

HP offers a windows gui tool that lets you make a bootable thumb drive to restore your Mini MI. I used that same tool, but pointed it to the Netbook Remix iso instead of the HP Mini MI iso. That did make it pretty painless.

And I do doubt that joe shmoe would be going that route.

]]> By: Boycott Novell » Links 18/03/2009: SunBM and Cisco+GNU/Linux http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-31955 Boycott Novell » Links 18/03/2009: SunBM and Cisco+GNU/Linux Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:12:21 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-31955 [...] HP Mini 1000 Netbook - Running Linux Is Linux on the HP Mini right for anyone other than me? Linux in general seems like a good fit for netbooks — it does everything a typical netbook user will probably need, it’s usually pretty efficient, and it can be customized by vendors in ways that Windows can’t be. (Look at HP’s “Mobile Internet Experience”, for example. Without being told that it’s Linux, you’d never know it.) As a long-time Unix developer, I’m perfectly at home with a terminal and a text editor alongside Firefox and Thunderbird, so it suits me just fine. [...] [...] HP Mini 1000 Netbook – Running Linux Is Linux on the HP Mini right for anyone other than me? Linux in general seems like a good fit for netbooks — it does everything a typical netbook user will probably need, it’s usually pretty efficient, and it can be customized by vendors in ways that Windows can’t be. (Look at HP’s “Mobile Internet Experience”, for example. Without being told that it’s Linux, you’d never know it.) As a long-time Unix developer, I’m perfectly at home with a terminal and a text editor alongside Firefox and Thunderbird, so it suits me just fine. [...]

]]> By: Rob Tillotson http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-31946 Rob Tillotson Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:14:46 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-31946 Well, I thought I established early on that I was trying to keep Windows, not wipe out the entire disk. And as for technicality, the actual installation might be easy (as Ubuntu generally is) but making a bootable flash drive from the image requires either already having Linux (to run the usb-imagewriter GUI) or using flashnul from the Windows command line, neither of which is nearly as foolproof for the uninitiated as "download ISO; download wubi.exe; run". While I wouldn't necessarily call it *hard*, it's not the sort of thing I am going to idly recommend in a general article here; my goal was more to point out what could be done and let the curious take the initiative to learn how to do it themselves :) Well, I thought I established early on that I was trying to keep Windows, not wipe out the entire disk. And as for technicality, the actual installation might be easy (as Ubuntu generally is) but making a bootable flash drive from the image requires either already having Linux (to run the usb-imagewriter GUI) or using flashnul from the Windows command line, neither of which is nearly as foolproof for the uninitiated as “download ISO; download wubi.exe; run”. While I wouldn’t necessarily call it *hard*, it’s not the sort of thing I am going to idly recommend in a general article here; my goal was more to point out what could be done and let the curious take the initiative to learn how to do it themselves :)

]]> By: Aaron http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-31937 Aaron Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:07:37 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-31937 I installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix by itself on my Mini 1000. You said it's "somewhat technical, and it requires partitioning the drive" which isn't true. Maybe it is if you're looking to keep windows. I just downloaded the install image to a usb thumbdrive and booted off of it. The installer did all the rest on its own. No input needed from me besides setting up my username/pass and date/time. It's the easiest OS install I've ever encountered. I installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix by itself on my Mini 1000.

You said it’s “somewhat technical, and it requires partitioning the drive” which isn’t true.

Maybe it is if you’re looking to keep windows.

I just downloaded the install image to a usb thumbdrive and booted off of it.

The installer did all the rest on its own. No input needed from me besides setting up my username/pass and date/time.

It’s the easiest OS install I’ve ever encountered.

]]> By: Pete Goodall http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-31919 Pete Goodall Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:10:34 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-31919 Good article. Just an additional note - In Ubuntu 9.04, next release of Ubuntu to be released in late April, Ubuntu Netbook Remix is available as a full Live CD installer. That way you don't have to go through the incredibly geeky installation method to which you linked. Also, there will be lots of fixes for the apps that don't fit in the screen. You are definitely not the first to spot it. ;-) Thanks for the excellent read. Good article. Just an additional note – In Ubuntu 9.04, next release of Ubuntu to be released in late April, Ubuntu Netbook Remix is available as a full Live CD installer. That way you don’t have to go through the incredibly geeky installation method to which you linked. Also, there will be lots of fixes for the apps that don’t fit in the screen. You are definitely not the first to spot it. ;-) Thanks for the excellent read.

]]> By: Rob Tillotson http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-31873 Rob Tillotson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:23:59 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-31873 @aphid Thanks, I'll try that. Been a long time since I used X on something other than a Mac. So far on my Mini, I tend to just open a terminal (with a screen session inside) and emacs and ignore the mouse :) @aphid Thanks, I’ll try that. Been a long time since I used X on something other than a Mac. So far on my Mini, I tend to just open a terminal (with a screen session inside) and emacs and ignore the mouse :)

]]> By: aphid http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/03/17/hp-mini-1000-netbook-running-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-31864 aphid Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:00:16 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=13208#comment-31864 I've run into the "big dialog" issue too. Under most X server configs, Alt+left-click+drag mouse anywhere in a window lets you move the window around and even put the title bar off the top of the screen. that can give you access to the rest of the dialog box. -alan I’ve run into the “big dialog” issue too. Under most X server configs, Alt+left-click+drag mouse anywhere in a window lets you move the window around and even put the title bar off the top of the screen. that can give you access to the rest of the dialog box.

-alan

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