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mrwoody
October 24th, 2010, 08:25 PM
Sorry for the basic question, but how do I know if I installed the
netbook version of ubuntu or the vanilla version on my dell mini 10?

I was sure that I downloaded the .iso for the netbook version, but I seem to get the normal ubuntu.

Manshtein
October 24th, 2010, 08:31 PM
hi!

may be /etc/lsb-release contains info you looking for?

mrwoody
October 24th, 2010, 08:36 PM
hi!

may be /etc/lsb-release contains info you looking for?


Thanks for the advice:


DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"


Looking around, it seems to me that I installed vanilla Ubuntu.
Is there an easy way to switch or shall I just re-install the whole thing again?

Manshtein
October 24th, 2010, 08:56 PM
looking deeper in netbook remixes i have found, following command --

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-netbook-remix

mrwoody
October 24th, 2010, 08:59 PM
looking deeper in netbook remixes i have found, following command --

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-netbook-remix

is the new version of ubuntu netbook 10.10 the same as netbook-remix?
I thought that they were not. But since I don't have alternatives at the moment, I will give it a shot!

Thanks!

Edit: I just realized that ubuntu-netbook-remix does not exist anymore. I think it has been replaces with ubuntu-netbook, and I have that installed. So I suppose mine is the right version.
My question now is, how to get the pretty stuff shown at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook/features

Manshtein
October 24th, 2010, 09:03 PM
Actually i do not know differences between regular and netbook ubuntu releases except desktop view. :)

Here is topic i have found regarding that command --

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1211299

Regarding latest post, i am using X-window just for internet and have no idea how to switch themes.

Manshtein
October 24th, 2010, 09:13 PM
Here is one more topic about ubuntu netbook release

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR

May be it will help you!

mrwoody
October 24th, 2010, 09:34 PM
Here is one more topic about ubuntu netbook release

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UNR

May be it will help you!

thanks very much for your help.

I found the problem. Ubuntu didn't like my graphic card (GMA 500) and it wouldn't start the netbook version without its drivers.

I installed the drivers, and now it is so slow that it is unusable.
At least I know where to look now! ;-)

mrwoody
October 24th, 2010, 10:06 PM
This is the reason why it is not working:

http://code.google.com/p/gma500/issues/detail?id=39

Thanks again for your help!