I have been using the new Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex beta on my eeePC 900 for a few days, and it has been great. Overall, the new version of Ubuntu was easier than ever to install. Most of the eeePC 900 hardware now worked out-of-the-box. There was no more custom compile needed, and less configurations to [...]
After a week of running Intrepid Ibex beta on a desktop PC, I completed transferring my data. With the PC up and running, it was time to install Intrepid on my eeePC 900. For one week, I became desk bound as I tested and fix the eeePC to full operations under Intrepid. It took longer [...]
Two months ago, I wrote about bluetooth pairing in Ubuntu Hardy, specifically using a Nokia N95 and eeePC 900. Actually, the process I described could be applied generally with any supported bluetooth devices and Ubuntu Hardy PC. Since installing Intrepid Ibex beta, I have been testing various functionalities for possible regression. This will help me [...]
Here is how I got the Genius MousePen 8×6 tablet to work in Intrepid Ibex. I am reproducing some parts of the reference pages here, in order to consolidate the complete instruction in one location. Background info and references The following are the list relevant pages that helped getting it working. Ubuntu wiki: Tablet Setup [...]
Dual screens with NVIDIA in Linux In a previous post, I wrote about dual screens with NVIDIA in Linux, including how to set up NVIDIA Twinview in Intrepid. In this post, I will continue with how to set up Separate X screen in Intrepid. Hardware I have a PC with a LCD monitor as the [...]
Dual screens with NVIDIA in Linux The NVIDIA restricted driver supports dual screens in two ways: “Twinview” or “Separate X screen”. Both have advantageous and disadvantageous. Personally, I prefers “Separate X screen”, because I like to have both screens totally independent. This is especially useful with Compiz cube enabled: you could rotated the cube independently [...]
One of the reasons I am installing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) beta is to examine the state of NVIDIA restricted driver. I am pretty sure this is of great interests to many people (like me) who have bought into NVIDIA camp in the past, when their Linux driver was (arguably) the best available. Unfortunately, recent [...]
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 simple. After a [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex final release is less than a month away. The scheduled date is 30th October 2008. As I wrote this, the first beta should be available for download at any moment. One major change is the new Xorg 7.4. Based on past experience with NVIDIA restricted driver after the update to Xorg [...]
