HP Mi Edition - Custom Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Just thought I'd share these articles / links I came across today. Looks very nice. Apparently even though HP has opened their "Mi Edition" repositories up, many files are not compiled for x86, but rather for the Via Nano processor that is coming on their new Mini 1000.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/02/04 ... or-ubuntu/

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

 

This looks awesome, hope it will be possible to get it on the AAO one day. The downloadsquad link that mentions installing it is only a GTK theme i think before anyone gets excited.

 

i think the new 8.9" mi version uses the atom processor. hopefully that version will pop up soon.

 

I've installed from an image on torrent sites. It's an image that you dd onto a thumb drive which then wipes the drive to restore MIE. It runs fine on my AAO, only no sound so far. Wifi worked only after the second boot, but it's worked fine ever since. It's pretty, but not terribly more useful than any other simple linux interface.

BTW the lpia kernel is not for via nano but for intel's atom, which the mini 1000 also uses. It does still make it difficult to use things compiled for x86 though.

 

Might be a bit OT ...

Frankly, I don't like those dark screens like this one, NBR, eeebuntu or EasyPeasy. It's like searching for a black cat in the night. Compared to this, I prefer Acer's Linpus Linux approach. Might be not so eye-candy, but rather eye-friendly.

 

I'm really hoping someone can find an easy way to port this to an AAO so that all the portions of the netbook work because I love the layout

 

Hi guys
I would like to have this HP tweak on my AA1 running ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
If you guys can/know how to do it please teach me
Thanks :mrgreen:

 

I just installed it. Love it !

HP's done an excellent job with the interface - really slick.

Wifi seems to be a bit of a hit and miss at the moment, but i only have the default standard HP installation on my acer at the moment. And audio doesn't seem to work at the moment.

 

I've setted up a mirror to get the usb restore key files :
http://mirror.botux.net/pub/ubuntu/hp-mie/

The install works fine ...
So ... Wifi works but very unstable (+no led)
No Ethernet connection
No Sound

Any one could compile a kernel like kubi for hardy & lpia arch ?
I think this ubuntu mod' could be very nice on our aspire one's !

Thanks

 

More links for you all.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/hp-m ... for-downl/

HP MIE Restore Image Creator
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/soft ... 46&lang=en

 

Hopefully some of the linux wizards here could edit this a bit and get something that would make the WIFI + sound work

 

As the warning says it wipes out everything right?
There is no way to install it on the a partition?

Thx

 

Nice little video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTtfEzP2 ... spire-one/

 

And if you want to fix the theme for OpenOffice: http://www.rebelzero.com/fixes/openofficeorg-dark-theme-workaround-with-ubuntu-804/8

 

Has anyone tried this image with Sickboy's kernel?

 

someone should try.



Not saying it will work for sure but it will install/work on UNR which is 8.04 and lpia based

You just need to use the --force-architecture option of dpkg

 

I wish I knew more about this stuff or I'd give it a try.

Sound would be kind of important to have on this, as would stable WiFi