tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post8635420938156142967..comments2023-09-25T06:39:32.523-04:00Comments on ULTRA MOBILE PC TIPS: Linux, kill it or save it.ctitanichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01780087839694527674noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-75795433996432691732008-11-07T06:25:00.000-05:002008-11-07T06:25:00.000-05:00Thanks!Thanks!ctitanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780087839694527674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-20916526448374636902008-11-06T23:02:00.000-05:002008-11-06T23:02:00.000-05:00For someone who claims to be a mobile enthusiast, ...For someone who claims to be a mobile enthusiast, your blog sure renders poorly on my Samsung SGH-i617.<BR/>Maybe if you actually understood the implementation of software on your device you would be singing the praises of "Mobile Linux."<BR/>I'm not sure what your background is, as I really don't care, but maybe the implementation of an Operating System such as that required by an USB memory stick is beyond the scope of your capability?<BR/>(you use blogger?) I made this account specifically to leave this comment here! <BR/>(I'll code my own websites, thank you very much) <BR/>I only read this site because I was looking for factual information as regards to linux mobile. Instead I see the rambling of a windoze aficianado who is unable to grasp the basic concepts of the linux movement. Namely, if it won't work on your device? MAKE IT WORK!!!<BR/>Of course this is based upon my own assumption that you understand the architecture of your device, and the implementation of the linux kernel in general.<BR/>In closing, I would call your article a detraction from the spirit of the linux movement, and more pertinently, a lamers rally around windoze.<BR/>Signed, Holonakaiakea.schizotkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511059279184293807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-1246258726089439832008-08-13T15:25:00.000-04:002008-08-13T15:25:00.000-04:00Well, that how far probably everybody has gone ins...Well, that how far probably everybody has gone installing Linux in a Q1. I was asking for a help to get a full Linux with everything working including all the U buttons.ctitanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780087839694527674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-36456250685514438242008-08-13T14:55:00.000-04:002008-08-13T14:55:00.000-04:00Just very minor things:For example, the U1-U4 butt...Just very minor things:<BR/><BR/>For example, the U1-U4 buttons and the menu button don't do anything (but menu+volume DOES adjust screen volume). I haven't made those a priority, because with the on-screen keyboard they're not really *needed*. Helpful, sure, but not necessary.<BR/><BR/>Also, with the onscreen keyboard, ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't work to restart X, which is unfortunate when you're really stuck (but there's always the power switch!)<BR/><BR/>After you hit "Shut Down," the system winds down successfully but power doesn't turn all the way off, which (again) I haven't really tried to fix, because the power switch will finish the job easily enough. I think this is a minor ACPI problem, and other notebooks have it too.<BR/><BR/>I haven't tried screen rotation -- everything I have done is in landscape orientation.<BR/><BR/>Finally, battery life isn't great, but I think that's more of a Linux-in-general problem than something related to the Q1.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04652163318645522705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-1738580964319152502008-08-12T13:08:00.000-04:002008-08-12T13:08:00.000-04:00And is there anything that is not working?And is there anything that is not working?ctitanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780087839694527674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-18387614805546127302008-08-12T12:25:00.000-04:002008-08-12T12:25:00.000-04:00Not yet, but I'll post some (in the next few days,...Not yet, but I'll post some (in the next few days, hopefullly) and send you a link. I think I took pretty good notes of the process, because like I said, I did try on earlier versions and had difficulties.<BR/><BR/>The only reason I haven't yet put instructions together is because I thought I was having serious problems with my wireless connectivity until about two days ago. But it turns out it was just my router configuration (oops!), so there never was a problem.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, some other things that ARE working: onscreen keyboard (including on the login screen), hardware buttons for sound volume and screen brightness, screen touch-and-hold for right-click functionality.<BR/><BR/>Compiz helps considerably with the limited screen size. With only 480 pixels vertical resolution, some applications (and especially dialog boxes) don't fit. But if you make a virtual screen "wall" rather than the famous compiz cube, you can easily navigate to the adjacent desktops and hit the buttons that don't fit on the first screen. This was a significant barrier to usability before.<BR/><BR/>Things that are NOT working: those darn U1-U4 buttons -- but I haven't much had time to work on those yet. I doubt that is insurmountable.<BR/><BR/>That's all for now. I'll let you know when I have something put together.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04652163318645522705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-59765414599163494352008-08-11T19:48:00.000-04:002008-08-11T19:48:00.000-04:00Do you have any instructions posted in anywhere?Do you have any instructions posted in anywhere?ctitanichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780087839694527674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23949348.post-34009356200724722202008-08-11T19:44:00.000-04:002008-08-11T19:44:00.000-04:00I have a full version of Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04)...I have a full version of Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) running on my Q1 Celeron 900MHz, with working touchscreen, wireless, suspend/resume, sound, Compiz Fusion eye candy, CPU speed scaling, pretty much everything as far as I know.<BR/><BR/>Works great! Much faster than XP, but with no handwriting recognition of course.<BR/><BR/>I had trouble with earlier versions of Ubuntu, but Hardy works with little trouble.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04652163318645522705noreply@blogger.com