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HansTWN · 09-25-2011, 08:37 AM

If you are not very familiar with Ubuntu I would recommend the automatic setup in this thread http://forums.precentral.net/webos-d...on-ubuntu.html. It already includes Xournal and everything you need for the basics. Startup of Ubuntu takes just a few seconds (except the first time, of course). I use Xcfe4 Windows Manager (one of 2 options in the start up script). Then you are in a Windows-like environment. You go to the menu, "Application menu -> Accessories -> Xournal" and Xournal opens in about 1 second. Then you go to "file -- open" and to the directory where you have your PDFs. Ubuntu can access memory outside of the 2 GB you assigned to it, you can leave the files in the WebOS part. I just opened a 5 MB file, took about 3 seconds. Next time you open Xournal, it will remember the directory and search for new files starting from there. If you just want to read the PDFs, not annotate them, then use the hand tool. You can push the pages around by hand when reading.

You could even start Ubuntu and make it open Xournal right away. And generally, there is no need to close Ubuntu and Xournal --- we are the only mobile OS with real multitasking, remember? Just leave the card as it is, do something else and come back later.

Creating the partition for Ubuntu takes some fiddling. The actual installation of Ubuntu is a snap and so is using it for your purposes. My advice, go for it and try. You can always undo everything and even if you don't like it you will have learned something. If you use the script in the link above to set it up, then using Ubuntu is just like using Windows. But it needs a lot less resources.

09-25-2011, 08:37 AM	#34
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	If you are not very familiar with Ubuntu I would recommend the automatic setup in this thread http://forums.precentral.net/webos-d...on-ubuntu.html. It already includes Xournal and everything you need for the basics. Startup of Ubuntu takes just a few seconds (except the first time, of course). I use Xcfe4 Windows Manager (one of 2 options in the start up script). Then you are in a Windows-like environment. You go to the menu, "Application menu -> Accessories -> Xournal" and Xournal opens in about 1 second. Then you go to "file -- open" and to the directory where you have your PDFs. Ubuntu can access memory outside of the 2 GB you assigned to it, you can leave the files in the WebOS part. I just opened a 5 MB file, took about 3 seconds. Next time you open Xournal, it will remember the directory and search for new files starting from there. If you just want to read the PDFs, not annotate them, then use the hand tool. You can push the pages around by hand when reading. You could even start Ubuntu and make it open Xournal right away. And generally, there is no need to close Ubuntu and Xournal --- we are the only mobile OS with real multitasking, remember? Just leave the card as it is, do something else and come back later. Creating the partition for Ubuntu takes some fiddling. The actual installation of Ubuntu is a snap and so is using it for your purposes. My advice, go for it and try. You can always undo everything and even if you don't like it you will have learned something. If you use the script in the link above to set it up, then using Ubuntu is just like using Windows. But it needs a lot less resources. Last edited by HansTWN; 09-25-2011 at 09:58 AM.