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    Hands-On With Moblin 2.1 OS: The Netbook Linux Anyone Can Master

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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/07/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Moblin 2.1 OS: The Netbook Linux Anyone Can Master
    2.1 is buggy as hell on a Hp mini.
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    Image of Brookespeed Brookespeed
    10/06/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Moblin 2.1 OS: The Netbook Linux Anyone Can Master
    Even with Ubuntu the repository and installation of programs is hit and miss with Linux. This Garage function is intriguing.
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    10/06/09

    @Brookespeed: What missed? I mean, the app may not do what you want, but package management, actually getting the crap in the OS, is a well developed process with lots of attention paid to it. Seriously, it's been a really really long time since apt-get (or Ubuntu's or anyone else's gui layer on top of it) bit me. Please tell.
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    10/07/09

    @anderlan: He was more than likely talking about installing apps that aren't part of the repository.
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    Image of FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns
    10/06/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Moblin 2.1 OS: The Netbook Linux Anyone Can Master
    Tried the live distro of 2.0 on my Mini 9 this afternoon. Very slick...but no WiFi support without a full hard disk install and some customization afterwards. Sorry, not ready for prime time.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    10/07/09

    @FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns: I've been happily rocking v2 on my mini 9 for a month now. I agree. It's not ready for primetime. It still needs more lipstick and polish, but it's getting there.

    Just do the full install and follow slaine's instructions. (You know you want to.)

    People would be surprised at the difference in the Linux experience when you prepare for it ahead of time by thoroughly checking hardware compatability.

    The reason things don't work out of the box on Linux is not because of the open source community's unwillingness or technical inability to do so. Rather, it has everything to do with licensing issues and uncooperative hardware manufacturers.

    So, if you want things to work out of the box on Linux, quit buying shit from uncooperative hardware manufacturers.
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    Image of FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns FiddlingWhileJimRomeBurns
    10/07/09

    @soggy_cheerio: Problem is that I need to keep some flavor of Windows (7 running now) on there too so that I can use WebEx for support calls at work. I'm not up for repartitioning, then installing Moblin, then doing Slaine. I guess I'm just lazy. I did really like what I saw of Moblin though. It's got promise.

    FWIW I love Linux and I'm very familiar with HCLs. The Mini was the first time in ages I didn't custom build my system.
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    Image of Digitallysick Digitallysick
    10/06/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Moblin 2.1 OS: The Netbook Linux Anyone Can Master
    Thats the problem, its linux, and its designed for only specific notebooks, if you have other hardware and want to make drivers, or find drivers, good luck on intel careing to help you
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    Barry99705 promoted this comment Digitallysick was starred Digitallysick was unstarred
    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/07/09

    @Digitallysick: It's not that hard.
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    10/07/09

    @Barry99705: Compared to what?
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    Image of Vroomtrap Vroomtrap
    10/06/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Moblin 2.1 OS: The Netbook Linux Anyone Can Master
    Has anyone tried this on a MacBook or MacBook Pro?
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/07/09

    @Vroomtrap: Doesn't work.
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    10/07/09

    @Barry99705: Thank you.
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    10/06/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Moblin 2.1 OS: The Netbook Linux Anyone Can Master
    Any suggestions on a good netbook to buy (on the cheap) to try this out with????
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/07/09

    @uncle_jojo: One of the ones on their supported list.
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    Image of notatoad notatoad
    10/06/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Moblin 2.1 OS: The Netbook Linux Anyone Can Master
    i found installing to be ridiculously easy. a couple of clicks of the next button and it was done. on my aspire one everything was supported.

    i don't think i'm going to stick with it though, multitasking is a bit too clumsy for my liking. i'll probably go back to a tiling WM.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/17/09

    In reply to Viliv S7 Review: Looks So Good, Tastes So Bad
    Oh well, I guess it's something close to what I was expecting from a random brand I never heard of before.

    But I'm setting my eyes on an HP tablet.
    Kinda tired of burning my money with brandless stuff that will ultimately disappoint me...
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    09/17/09

    In reply to Viliv S7 Review: Looks So Good, Tastes So Bad
    But... but... what about the conveneince of turning the monitor around when turning the monitor & keyboard together are soooo inconvenient?
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    Image of MitchellGoose MitchellGoose
    09/17/09

    In reply to Viliv S7 Review: Looks So Good, Tastes So Bad
    Mark, it's Matt Burns from CrunchGear. I'm thinking that you have a bad model. I have a S7 sitting next to me and the screen is as bright as my LED-backlit LCD monitor. It also works fine outdoors and the touchscreen is accurate enough.
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    09/17/09

    @MitchellGoose: Retracted, the brightness should be OK, though it's not bright enough to cut through its own glare. We'll agree to disagree on the rest. :)
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    09/17/09

    In reply to Viliv S7 Review: Looks So Good, Tastes So Bad
    Darn, that really bums me out. I am still on the hunt for the perfect computer to keep in my purse. I want one that I can just unzip the side of my purse, fold down the flap, and bam! Computer, phone, business cards: My own personal mini office!

    I must have better screen!
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/17/09

    @Software_Goddess: I assume that you don't want to spend a lot of money one the computer? Some UMPC's would work well like that but are always a bit to expensive.
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    Image of Pew Pew BOOM Pew Pew BOOM
    09/17/09

    In reply to Viliv S7 Review: Looks So Good, Tastes So Bad
    The battery life should be a "-" too.

    Because the battery life is so damn long, you have to stare at that crappy screen all day.
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    Image of rock99rock rock99rock
    09/17/09

    In reply to Viliv S7 Review: Looks So Good, Tastes So Bad
    I'm really liking the +/-/= features in your reviews.
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    09/17/09

    @rock99rock: Glad to hear it!
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    09/17/09

    @Mark Wilson: Did you guys come up with it first or was it Kotaku? I remember seeing it there first but that proves nothing.
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    09/17/09

    @Xeno: We came up with it independently. I believe ours rolled out first. SO WE WIN FOREVER.
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    09/17/09

    @Mark Wilson: Giz FTW!
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    Image of Charbax2 Charbax2
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    It does support Flash 9, check your facts!

    It streams video much better than the HTC Hero, in fact it supports Youtube HD which no other device does! Netbooks powered by Intel X86 processors can't even playback Youtube in HD smoothly!

    What Archos is simply saying, is that full Flash 10 support comes whenever Adobe releases it Q1 next year.
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    Joanna Stern promoted this comment Charbax2 was starred Charbax2 was unstarred
    Image of Joanna Stern Joanna Stern
    09/15/09

    @Charbax2: Where are you getting that it will playback YouTube HD smoothly? Do you have video of this? Oh and how are you? Check your email.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/15/09

    In reply to Archos 5 Internet Tablet Hands On: Android Power, But Where's the Flash?
    I have to say that coming from Archos, I'd expect that Flash upgrade to be a payed add-on.

    And that's why I don't buy their products anymore.

    My old Archos 505 was like a dream come true player back then... so I decided to pay a high price for it, with import taxes and all.

    Only I didn't knew I'd have to pay almost double the price to have all the functionalities it initially promised.

    You have to pay for codecs, the video cable is proprietary, the dock that enables you to record video is expensive as hell, and so on.

    Lesson learned. No more enclosed internet tablets with proprietary OSs. I'll just wait some more for a decent netblet.
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