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Installing Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex (beta)

A quick look at installing Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex beta, which came out on 2th October 2008. I downloaded the desktop amd64 LiveCD. The familiar ubuntu orange brown is still very much alive in the new version. Some people like it, some people hate it, I don’t really care because customisations are [...]

Installing Debian/NSLU2 on usb thumbdrive

In previous posts, I outlined the slug’s hardware modifications. Once I have added an internal usb thumbdrive, it was time to install Debian NSLU2 on the thumbdrive.
Installing on a usb thumbdrive was almost identical to installing on a usb harddrive. To recap, here was the reference webpage and here was my previous post [...]

Ubuntu hardy on eeePC 900

Ubuntu Hardy Heron version 8.04.1 was released on 3 July 2008. A few days later, I decided to get a cheap laptop, and the new eeePC 900 came to mind. Since the eeePC ran Xandros Linux, it should be relatively simple to change the OS to Ubuntu, and enabling all necessary hardware components.

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Installing debian/NSLU2

My first step to hacking the Linksys NSLU2 was installing debian/NSLU2. The starting point to the process was this webpage. The actual installation guide can be found here. I did the install first before any hardware tinkering, because I wanted to be sure this was something workable. It actually took multiple [...]