Dell Mini 12 W/ Ubuntu -- Question From Ron Swift

I'm not sure what happened but this message was caught as a bounce from the mailing list. I just saw it and am forwarding it intact. It was originally sent by Ron Swift ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ron Swift <rswift at swiftstaffing.com> To: ubuntu-us-md-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:51:14 -0400 Subject: Dell Mini 12 w/Ubuntu I purchased a Dell Mini 12 with Vista from Dell's outlet site. I called Dell and asked for their Ubuntu iso that they load on these units and was told that they would not provide it. They suggested that I download the latest ubuntu distro and install it. They also caution that if I did that I would void my warranty since the machine was pre-installed with Vista. After searching the Internet and seeing lots of posts where persons have experienced problems installing 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04 alpha versions. The suggested solution however was rather simple and it was to install Ubuntu remix 8.04. Everything worked, wireless, bluetooth, camera and touch-pad with no configuration. Video worked but it was suggested to upgrade Xorg driver with the ubuntu-mobile PPA package to get full resolution 2D display. Compix is not supported on this machine. Also, this system was extremely slow with the remix interface so I switched to the traditional gnome interface and it now runs great. I thought that I would share my experience so that others could benefit. Thanks -- Ron Swift President www.swiftstaffing.com 410-788-7011 ext 5005 ----------------------- Celebrating 20 Years in Business!