Ubuntu UMPC?

[Islington]

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/06/03/ubuntu-netbook-remix-gets-real-official/

http://www.engadget.com/photos/canonical-makes-ubuntu-netbook-remix-official-at-computex/

yay! I for one am glad that ubuntu is jumping into the netbook game. What are your thoughts on this? How about this new gui?

[Luffield]

It looks great, but if I had a UMPC (or when I have one :) I think I'd prefer using a normal Gnome interface with one minimal panel and use Gnome-Do for quick access to applications and disk locations.

[vishzilla]

Currently the Netbook remix will be available only to OEMs. We have to wait for the free version

[ghindo]

I'm pretty eager to try this out. I wanna run it on a regular laptop and see how it performs :)

[zachtib]

So, in the last couple of days, both of these products have been announced. A version of Ubuntu for Atom based notebooks and an Eee PC that will use the Atom processor.

Personally, I'm really excited, and can't wait to grab an Eee PC 1000 later this year and throw this new Ubuntu on it :D

What'd be really cool is if Canonical worked out a deal with ASUS to preload UNR on the new Eees... But now I'm just dreaming.

[ufugu]

Just read the piece on Ars on Netbook Remix (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080604-hands-on-with-the-ubuntu-netbook-remix.html) and my first thought was how much I want that tabbed window on my full size desktop monitor too! Very nice.

[the yawner]

I suppose that UI can be done in your regular Ubuntu?

[jespdj]

There's an article on Arstechnica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080604-hands-on-with-the-ubuntu-netbook-remix.html) about Ubuntu Netbook Remix, an Ubuntu version specifically tailored to the new cheap and small laptops such as the Asus Eee PC.

It looks like a really nice version of Ubuntu for those devices.

[jethro10]

Yeah,
What I found a shame was about a year ago, a version for Intel ultramobile something or others was announced,
Now there a version for Nokia N800's

But you cant get/use them

Shame.

Soon ?

Jeff

[gweaver]

I think it would be great if there was a Media Centre Remix (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/9512/), similar to the Netbook Remix.

[gweaver]

I think it would be great if there was a Media Centre Remix (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/9512/), similar to the Netbook Remix.

[gweaver]

I think it would be great if there was a Media Centre Remix (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/9512/), similar to the Netbook Remix.

[Brunellus]

All Ubuntu Netbook Remix threads have been merged.

[Tux Aubrey]

No iso for you! (from This interview with Gerry Carr (http://blog.laptopmag.com/ubuntu-netbook-remix-qa-with-canonical))


You’ve mentioned that Ubuntu Netbook Remix isn’t for the end user; can a person actually download it?We traditionally make an ISO available that can be burned to CD. But there’s been some confusion about the Netbook Remix being made the same way. It won’t be. If you are an experienced Linux user you can go to our PPA—what we call our personal product archives. They’re basically storage repositories. There you’ll find the launcher. If you know what you’re doing and are willing to do things that we don’t recommend, you can get that PPA and put that on top of your desktop image and make it work. We make it available, but it is absolutely not recommended for someone with a Eee PC who, say, decides to get the Netbook Remix and try to make it work themselves. It can be done, but it’s not recommended for the standard user.

Why did you move away from the ISO model for the preinstalled model?Because the netbook is a different category of computer without a dominant OS. To put it another way, if the PC market started tomorrow likely we would make Ubuntu available as a free option preinstalled. The fact is that the majority of the world’s PCs ship with Windows, so we make an ISO available to displace Windows on people’s machines or give them something to install on a clean machine. We work tirelessly with PC manufacturers to ship Ubuntu preinstalled and have success like the well-publicized Dell deal, but also very large shipments in Brazil, Russia, India, and many other emerging economies. The netbook is new, there is room for more than one player, and it is of enormous convenience for the consumer to have their OS certified and preinstalled. It is likely that we will, over time, make an ISO available, but it is less a market about displacement. If you want Ubuntu, and you want this device, you can simply go and buy it.

[jopari]

No iso for you! (from This interview with Gerry Carr (http://blog.laptopmag.com/ubuntu-netbook-remix-qa-with-canonical))They make it sound horrible, but it's as easy as installing anything from Synaptic. I've got a "netbook" user on my Macbook right now, it's pretty cool but obviously not completely finished yet.

[say2sky]

I hope they can make ISO for netbook Remix available soon. I hope this is not like situation when mysql bought by SUN, something is available, something not available. :(