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Mark Shuttleworth Reveals Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Posted by timothy on from the would-be-nicer-than-xandros-for-me dept.

Glyn Moody writes "In an interview with the Guardian today, Mark Shuttleworth talks about the upcoming Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a tailored version for ultraportables, produced in collaboration with Intel." The new version of Ubuntu is barely mentioned in this interview, but it's tantalizing -- SUSE looks nice on the HP Mininotes, but for people who are used to and enjoy Ubuntu, it's an option to look forward to.

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  1. Re:Dislike Ubuntu by jwkfs · · Score: 3, Informative

    Pretty sure the placement of init scripts in /etc/init.d is a LSB requirement.

  2. Netbook remix on Launchpad by LotsOfPhil · · Score: 3, Informative

    There isn't much on the project's website: here

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  3. Re:Dislike Ubuntu/sbin/dhcpcd doesn't by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 3, Informative

    /sbin/dhcpcd doesn't exists.


    Uh, that's because it's called /sbin/dhclient3. It's called that because that's what it's called in Debian.

    I prefer the slackware way of /etc/rc.d/rc.X instead of /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/rc.(level)/rc.ssh
    /etc/init.d is POSIX and SVR4 ccompliant. Additionally, all major distros that support LSB put it there: Red Hat, SuSE, etc. So, uh, it does use conventions.

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  4. here's my (brief) SuSE experience on the 2133 by nguy · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is a new version of Ubuntu, so what. In the summary there was also e mentino of Suse's package for the HP notebook, why don't I hear anyone about that?

    The version of SuSE that ships with the HP 2133 has big problems: it's slow because it's burdened with inappropriate packages like Beagle, its wireless connectivity is poor, if you try to install packages, it asks you to insert a non-existent DVD into a non-existet DVD drive, external screen configurations are limited, and there's something wrong with the touch pad driver causing it to "stick". In addition, I found the administrative menus and preference menus to be cluttered and pretty obscure at times.

    I used to be a SuSE user. I was going to give SuSE another try with the 2133, but it was such a miserable experience that I just blew it away and installed Ubuntu.

    So, now you heard about SuSE on the 2133.