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Volpone, you better be fucking right!

Colonel Kira's Left Tit said:
Ancalagon: You may want to stash this away for future reference: http://www.ubuntumini.com/
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This website is not about running Mini OS, the pre-installed Dell version of Ubuntu. The pre-installed version is based on the Low Power on Intel Architecture (lpia). While I find lpia to be interesting technology and look forward to using it in the future, I don't yet find it suitable for everyday use. If you have questions about your pre-installed version of Ubuntu, you can look for answers on Dell's website or try posting the question in our Mini 9 Google Group.

This blog is about installing a running Ubuntu i386 architecture on your Mini. There are tutorials on how to create a LiveUSB stick, partitioning and installing Ubuntu, setting up Ubuntu Netbook Remix, enabling media playback, customizing Firefox for netbooks and much more. Please read the Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex on the Dell Mini 9 overview article for info on installing Ubuntu on your Mini 9. Once you've decided on try Ubuntu, the Ubuntu User guides will help you get everything setup and customized.
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But what's it all mean Basil?!?!?!? :wtf:
 
It means: keep your pink-colored official Dell-authorized Ubuntu reinstall cd handy. :ramen:
 
Well, I guess when you're looking at switching to a new OS it can be a little daunting. You can read up on it and look at screenshots all day long, but until you actually get your hands on it and use it, it can seem really confusing. Ubuntu is designed to be simple enough for the casual Windows user to switch over easily, yet it's also powerful enough for experienced Linux users to be able to really dig in and modify it to their liking. Since everything you need for web surfing, email, multimedia, creating office documents and other stuff will come preinstalled, as long as you can point and click I think you'll get along fine.

As far as the blog goes, it does seem to be geared more to putting the actual desktop version of Ubuntu on the Mini rather than tweaking the Dell version that's preloaded. Some of the tips listed there will still work, but I wouldn't dig into that too deeply until you have some experience with the device. Dell has essentially crafted their own version of Ubuntu that's specifically designed to work well with the Mini's hardware and also has a simpler desktop environment for netbook use. You can see a short demonstration here.

DOSBox: I currently have plain old DOSBox 0.72 up and running, and that's the only one I have experience with. Which do you usually use?

UbuntuForums: Oh, they're more than happy to answer any and all questions. You'll see a mix of posts from more experienced Linux users and those who've just come over from Windows or MacOS. The forum is always quite busy so if you post something you'll have more suggestions than you know what to do with in a very short time. :)
 
With the sites you've given I've got a good place to find the answers to questions that might come up. And I've found some good info on software I might want to use.

Thanks! :techman:
 
I'm guessing that, like the Eee, Dell has created a tailored Linux interface specific to the machine. As a Linux novice, I don't fuck with my OS at all. It is fairly nicely laid out and does everything I need it to do, so I really don't have to know anything about what it is doing.

Now if you decided you didn't like the way Dell had modified Linux, you could take it off and put a more standardized build on it. Then you'd probably need to know all the stuff from that forum. But you're probably better off just leaving what came on it more or less alone.
 
Yeah, the only thing I'm thinking about doing is upgrading the RAM. Apparently in order to qualify as a Ultra Low Cost computer (and then be able to run XP) it has to have 1GB or less.

From what I'm reading it's made so that the user can upgrade it to 2GB but I'm worried about my extended service plan.
 
^ Now I know Compaq used to void your warrenty back in the day if you opened the Box, much less actually upgraded anything. Does Dell do the same thing?





And secondly, for my Birthday one of my buddies got me Civ III The Complete Box. It's got alot less system requirements for when I got my laptop back up and running. Well obviously that didn't happen. Considering 1) it's gonna run Ubuntu and B) It doesn't have a CD-Rom, any way to get it to run?
 
^ Now I know Compaq used to void your warrenty back in the day if you opened the Box, much less actually upgraded anything. Does Dell do the same thing?





And secondly, for my Birthday one of my buddies got me Civ III The Complete Box. It's got alot less system requirements for when I got my laptop back up and running. Well obviously that didn't happen. Considering 1) it's gonna run Ubuntu and B) It doesn't have a CD-Rom, any way to get it to run?
 
Hmm. I have not tried this yet. You could access the data by having it on your desktop machine and sharing it out. I would think you could install it that way even--just as long as you don't have to run cut scenes or anything off the CD (which you probably do).

The other thing that might work would be just copying everything onto a thumb drive. I dunno. Other people here can probably come up with more definitive answers than me. :shrug:
 
There's a better than average chance that Civ III will run under Wine, a program you can download which will run a number of Windows applications.

Civ III/Wine info

As for getting the game installed, Herr Volpone is correct. You'll need to install Wine first, then find a way to copy the CD contents onto the Mini's drive and install from there. A transfer via network or thumb drive should work. I'm sure there's also a no-CD crack somewhere that'll allow you to play the game without having the CD hooked up.
 
Hmmm....

Well so far so good. Plugged it in, turned it on, answered a few questions and it started right up. Took about 15 to self update, but I was surfing so that's okay. Pretty impressed with Ubuntu. Pretty easy out of the box. Now to see how hard it is to add/remove hardware/software. :/
 
Well youtube runs plenty smooth, but spankwire skips every thirty seconds or so. Luckily that's about all the time I need.

Na, seriously though, I think it's all the video ads, adblocker will probably take care of that.
 
So I'm checking out the Add Remove Programs.... found adblock, but what's the name of the Dosbox your using?
 
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