Comments on: Blogrotate #4: The Weekly Roundup of News for System Administrators

By: Brad Hudson

Brad Hudson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:13:05 +0000

Andre you could try installing one of the meta-packages kubuntu-netbook or ubuntu-netbook-remix using apt, but keep an eye on what it tries to install and especially any packages it wants to remove.

By: Andrey Goryunov

Andrey Goryunov — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:41:01 +0000

Looks like Eeebuntu 3.0 built on 9.04 and Netbook remix is on 9.10

BTW, I tried to install UNR on Asus Eee701PC using usb flash drive but it failed with
“can not mount /dev/loop1 on /cow” but
installation of 9.10 desktop edition went w/o problems.

Just wondering is there any chance to change GUI to UNR look?

By: Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:37:01 +0000

Brad,

Thanks for this week’s round up, I just have a little something I wanted to add to the section about Ubuntu.

As if there weren’t enough choice in the variants you mentioned, I can think of two others — Eeebuntu and Qimo. The first is designed specifically for netbooks (the ASUS Eee PC in particular) while the second is based on Xubuntu and is designed for preschool aged kids.

I haven’t used Eeebuntu at all, so I don’t know how it differs from the Ubuntu Netbook Remix and whether or not its aligned with Ubuntu’s release cycle.

I have used Qimo however, and it works well for its target userbase. It automatically logs in to a desktop and there are icons for a number of games/applications in a panel easily accessible at the bottom, including Childsplay and GCompris, the ones we use most. The intent is for Qimo to be released on a six month cycle, as with Ubuntu, but the first version is based on Xubuntu 8.10 (‘Intrepid Ibex’) while the second version has not yet been released. I have upgraded my Qimo install to Jaunty and intend to do the same to Karmic, as soon as I can find time.

http://www.eeebuntu.org
http://www.qimo4kids.com/