As promised this segment covers the hardware and software compatibility of each operating system.
Ubuntu has impressed me again with their continued improvement on hardware compatibility. This time there is no hoops to jump through to get the wireless up and working. It works out of the box. In fact, everything worked out of the box from what I can tell. I’ll cover the interface of both in the next segment in more detail but the Netbook Remix interface is pretty interesting. Not sure if I like it yet but I don’t hate it.
Windows 7 hit a home run here as well. According to the Device Manager all drivers are loaded and I didn’t have to visit the manufacturer’s website for any of them. This is potentially huge because despite the vast driver knowledge that Windows 7 has it is no where as bulky and slow as Vista is. As a side note I am also testing Windows 7 on my laptop for use on the teacher laptops (already tested Ubuntu) and it has cleared up a lot of the errors I was getting related to the docking station. I had been afraid that we might have gotten a lemon with the docking stations but it turns out the lemon was Windows XP.
The next segment will cover interface and accessibility. Stay tuned!
I am very dismayed to see that the last post to this blog was a month ago, since I am so eager to find someone who might have solved my problem. I also have an NC10, but I discarded my Windows system post haste after buying it, something for which I would have no regret but for my woes with the internal mic. I, too, am quite committed to open source software, though am learning to appreciate the importance of software that works. May I ask this question: have you also found that one can get, with a little tweaking, the mic to work with 9.04 out of the box, but then an update made available a couple of weeks ago breaks it completely? Have you found a solution for getting Ubuntu, or any Linux system, to work on the NC10, even with an updated system?
Huston
July 9th, 2009
My apologies for the delay. Work has been busy but as always will add to the stuff I put on this blog.
To answer your question (and I am emailing you) I have not had a chance to test the MIC in 9.04 but will try to this week. I’m liking the Netbook Remix for what we want to use it for at the school. There were some issues with 8.10 and the Mic but after some tinkering I was using Skype with no problems.
admin
July 25th, 2009