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Re: Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) for XO

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:47:25 GMT

Quote from: Xain on November 19, 2009, 06:31:40 PM

I dunno if anyone has posted a video of Ubuntu Intrepid (optimized) running off this little laptop yet.. It'd be great to see how well it runs before I attempt this installation.

If...

Re: Using the Dropbox backup/file sync service in teapot's Ubuntu/XFCE

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:25:37 GMT

Pretty nice!
However, the paths do not need the tidle (~) but plain /bin and thus should be executed as sudo so sudo -s should be typed in the beginning of the process.

Pls edit so I can quote only one "solution" post

Re: Google Chrome OS running . . .

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:10:34 GMT

Quote from: BeckyJ on Today at 10:40:38 AM

(Pupeee Linux on my 701 is a blitzer.)

Hopefully XO will get a Puppeeeee too
Go by the this forum an...

Google Chrome OS running . . .

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:38 GMT

. . . on Eee PC 701 . . . a rather slow boot. But it's very early in development. Good times ahead, I suspect.

http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/news/20091120/google-unveils-open-source-chrome-os-for-netbooks

(Pupeee Linux on my 701 is a blitzer.)

Using the Dropbox backup/file sync service in teapot's Ubuntu/XFCE

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:37 GMT

I just thought I'd let everyone know that Dropbox works perfectly with teapot's Ubuntu 8.10. Dropbox is an excellent backup and file sync service; it will synchronize files between all your computers and store backups online. They also offer version hi...