aysiu
June 1st, 2009, 08:39 PM
I tried to like the Mobile Internet Experience (HP's customized and severely crippled version of Ubuntu 8.04). It looked beautiful, but it simply was not usable.
I did a little research on using Ubuntu netbook remix and/or the lpia kernel, and I ended up going for just vanilla Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), because I could see no evidence of significant performance gains from using the lpia kernel, and I just don't like the netbook remix interface.
Basically, most stuff works with vanilla Ubuntu, but I had to do some tweaking to get sound to work properly, to get the sound settings to stick, and to get wireless to wake up more quickly on resume from suspend.
Recently, in another thread, a forum member mentioned Remastersys, and I gave it a try. It's awesome! It allows you to easily take a Ubuntu installation and make it into a live/installer CD.
So I'm wondering a few things: How many forum members actually own an HP Mini 1120nr or 1000 (I'm assuming 1000 is the same hardware but just not with Mobile Internet Experience preinstalled)? How many of those forum members would be interested in a customized Ubuntu .iso? Since I don't want to eat up my server's bandwidth and I don't have a desktop computer to seed a torrent for a long time, are there any forum members who do have desktops who would be willing to download the .iso off my server and seed it for others who want it? Would people be pissy and demanding about what they think should be on the .iso, or would they be content with what I have on by default as long as everything works, knowing that they can uninstall and install software later themselves once it's installed? If there seems to be a significant chunk of HP Mini 1*** members interested in this .iso, a couple of volunteers willing to host it, and not too many whiners wanting me to change this and that in the .iso, I may work a bit on this .iso and then upload it.
Let me know what you think.
I did a little research on using Ubuntu netbook remix and/or the lpia kernel, and I ended up going for just vanilla Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), because I could see no evidence of significant performance gains from using the lpia kernel, and I just don't like the netbook remix interface.
Basically, most stuff works with vanilla Ubuntu, but I had to do some tweaking to get sound to work properly, to get the sound settings to stick, and to get wireless to wake up more quickly on resume from suspend.
Recently, in another thread, a forum member mentioned Remastersys, and I gave it a try. It's awesome! It allows you to easily take a Ubuntu installation and make it into a live/installer CD.
So I'm wondering a few things: How many forum members actually own an HP Mini 1120nr or 1000 (I'm assuming 1000 is the same hardware but just not with Mobile Internet Experience preinstalled)? How many of those forum members would be interested in a customized Ubuntu .iso? Since I don't want to eat up my server's bandwidth and I don't have a desktop computer to seed a torrent for a long time, are there any forum members who do have desktops who would be willing to download the .iso off my server and seed it for others who want it? Would people be pissy and demanding about what they think should be on the .iso, or would they be content with what I have on by default as long as everything works, knowing that they can uninstall and install software later themselves once it's installed? If there seems to be a significant chunk of HP Mini 1*** members interested in this .iso, a couple of volunteers willing to host it, and not too many whiners wanting me to change this and that in the .iso, I may work a bit on this .iso and then upload it.
Let me know what you think.