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Originally Posted by LazyScot
That wouldn't be the nvidia graphics drivers that have not yet been released for the newest kernel? Yup -- auto-upgraded mine to 2.6.30, and not graphics support.
Manually booting into the old kernel for the moment whilst I await the new drivers (yes, I know there are workarounds...).
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Actually no, I should be so fortunate as to have an nVidia chipset. Been a fan of nVidia since the Windows days; they just have better support, despite minimal performance differences between tham and ATI. No, this is Intel GMA500 (the rightfully-maligned Poulsbo). The Aspire One AO751 is a study in contradictions: 2GB RAM (instad of 512MB) but only a 1.33 GHz processor, 250 GB hard drive (instead of 160 or, even worse, the 16GB SSD) but it's not SATA.
There appears to be workarounds for both the VGA and chipset drivers for Ubuntu 9.04, but Ubuntu frankly bores me. I got a PCLinuxOS spin called ZenMini; it's like PCLOS' MiniMe except with GNOME instead of KDE, and it's sharp. Would actually make a great desktop spin IMO. I'll probably review it for my site. Ironically, in their quest to
not be Windows, Ubuntu has become huge enough that all the support is for them. Fortunately I can tweak the hell out of it so it doesn't look like I just put the liveCD in 10 minutes prior...
Oh, and FWIW the Ubuntu Netbook Remix is crap; the regular desktop edition actually works better if you can believe that.