Posts Tagged ‘install’
I Switched my Asus eee 900 to Ubuntu eee 8.04.1
Posted on October, 11 at 7:53 am | Filed Under Asus eee
I’ve made the switch to Ubuntu for my Asus eee 900. I played around with the ubuntu-eee distribution a while ago and convinced myself that the install would work. What finally pushed me to do this what the very stale app repository for Xandros … So I backed up all my personal files to a [...]
Make sure mod_python and python match unicode settings
Posted on October, 6 at 11:39 pm | Filed Under Collaboration
As part of a small weekend DJango project, I needed to have xml and xslt support in python on my hosting provider, Webfaction. lxml was recommended to me as the best library for xml and xslt, so I went ahead and built up a small test app and deployed it to my webfaction account. I [...]
Say Goodbye to Errno 5 – Install Ubuntu on Asus eee 900
Posted on September, 23 at 9:59 pm | Filed Under Asus eee
Errno 5 was the bane of my existance. Every variation I tried to install the live cd version of Ubuntu 8.04 or eeeBuntu ended in an errno 5 report somewhere during the install … and always a different spot. So I gave up … until now. The new release of ubuntu-eee (8.04.1) installed on my [...]
Install Ubuntu 8.04.1 on your Asus eee
Posted on September, 23 at 7:37 am | Filed Under Asus eee
eeeUbuntu has released their much anticipated new Ubuntu edition. This one sports the netbook remix interface. There is a nice tutorial that covers the setup steps here. I am hoping that its installer isn’t plagued by the errorno 5 problems we’ve seen with prior ubuntu installs on Asus eee netbooks.
