After getting impatient trying to track down the Linux version of the Asus EEE Box, I ended up begrudgingly buying the Windows XP version. Having bought a Windows license, I decided to use Ubuntu in in a dual-boot configuration (as there are rare occasions when I need non-virtualized Windows). The EEE Box comes with an odd Windows install DVD, however, and I wasn't able to create a dual boot install the usual way (by installing Windows XP then installing Unbuntu on another partition). What I ended up having to do was install XP using the entire hard drive then resizing the resulting NTFS partititon. I did the resizing using GParted via the GParted Live CD. After shrinking the NTFS partition I booted from the Ubuntu 8.10 CD, created new partitions onto the free space, and installed without issue. When setting up a system I now always create a separate partititon mounted at "/home" to allow myself to reinstall the system without having to backup/restore my personal files.
After installing Ubuntu 8.10 I installed the community themes package ("sudo apt-get install community-themes"), which provides the new Dust theme. Ubuntu under the Dust theme looks great, better than OS X. I'd considered installing the Linux Mint distro to get a fresh look, but Linux Mint hasn't yet finalized their 8.10-based release and the Dust theme meets this need. In my opinion, Dust should be the new Ubuntu default theme.
One thing to note when dealing with the EEE Box is that pre-8.10 versions of Ubuntu will get confused trying to detect its video configuration. When booting the GParted Live CD I had to select VESA video mode from the CD's boot menu. When installing from the Ubuntu 8.10 CD I may have had to select safe mode installation (by pressing F4 on the CD's boot menu and selecting Safe Graphics Mode).
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Next, you'll want to configure your Eee Box to boot from your USB key. Unlike the manual (and the interwebs) would like you to believe, pressing F8 at the splashtop boot screen will not allow you to choose your USB key as the boot device. Plug the key in, and enter the BIOS setup screen. Press the right arrow key to "Boot", down arrow to "Hard Disk Drives" (if you don't see this option, make sure you plug your USB key in before you power on the Eee Box), select the "1rst Drive" option and choose your USB device. Press F10 and enter. 350-050 The Box should now boot the Ubuntu install ISO. If you are using an LCD monitor connected via the VGA->DVI converter, once you get past the "Ubuntu" boot logo screen with the progress bar, 70-238 your monitor might just go into powersaving mode. If this happens to you, press CTRL+ALT+F2 to go to a virtual terminal. Your monitor should come back on. Type 'sudo bash'. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change it so that it looks like the xorg.conf file located here. Once you've saved it, type 'killall -9 X'. HP0-S19 If X doesn't start back up automatically in a few seconds, just type 'startx'. If the installation doesn't start automatically after X is running, hit ALT+F2, type 'ubiquity' in the box, and press enter. The familiar Ubuntu installation screen should pop up.
Wed, 2009-11-18 10:13
One element I like in Ubuntu is that the default applications are well chosen for an ordinary desktop system. My partner has no difficulties in using either GNOME or KDE as long as she can easily find the icons for Firefox and OpenOffice.org.
Wed, 2009-11-11 04:56
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Re-creating each problem literally means having the exact same system as the customer, and it is of course much more efficient to do this by partitioning and running multiple systems on each drive, than to have a separate box for each system. And so, some many months ago, we converted from the one-box-per-system method to multiple systems on each box.
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