HP Releases New Netbook GUI For Ubuntu

dan of the north writes to tell us that a new custom version of Ubuntu aimed at netbooks and based on 8.04 Hardy Heron has been released by HP. Targeted to the HP Mini 1000 Mi, the netbook customization comes complete with OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, Pidgin, and a few others. "Overall, HP has created one of the best thought out Linux interfaces for netbooks. The software is designed so that users who have never used Linux should have no trouble performing basic tasks. But experienced Linux users can always fire up a terminal window by hitting Alt+F2 and entering 'gnome-terminal.'"

Comments

Not in the UK

[flyingfsck]

The Register reports that this version will not be available in the UK. The Limeys have to run Billyware only.

Re:Not in the UK

[hansamurai]

Add the HP repos and grab the glassy-bleu-theme.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1021351

Re:How is this new?

[gEvil (beta)]

Uhhh, because it's a different GUI than the one used in Easy Peasy/Ubuntu EEE. HP has developed their own GUI, which is what makes it new.

Re:Why 8.04?

[somenickname]

8.04 has become the equivalent of Debian stable. It works for the vast majority of people and if there are specific apps you want to upgrade, you can find newer versions that integrate perfectly with your system. My machine has about 3000 packages installed on it. I only care about 15-20. I just hand upgrade those packages and let the reset sit at their stable state.

Re:FOSS At Its Best

[rolfwind]

I heard that they just used Elisa Media center....

http://elisa.fluendo.com/

Re:FOSS Humiliated By HP

[n8_f]

all the niggardly little details

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

Re:FOSS Humiliated By HP

[AliasMarlowe]

The root of that word is not ignorant person but "Negro", referring to the race of people with Black Ancestry. Negro itself comes from the Latin word 'niger' - which means 'black'. The usage of the word to mean ignorant person is but the start of the racist connotations it has acquired in the US.

WRONG. Here's a summary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggardly for you. You might be particularly amused by the item on the Economist magazine. The "racist connotations" to which you refer are nonexistent, except perhaps for a few (mostly Americans, apparently) whose grasp of English is as poor as yours.