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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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