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    Ubuntu on a netbook

    Well, I must admit, that was easy!

    Download the netbook "remix" and write to USB stick. Plug stick into netbook and it boots. Click, click, now it dual-boots XP and Ubuntu 9.10. Network and printer both came right up. Even sees the shares on my XP box (but won't play my XVID encoded AVI's).

    Coolness.

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    Re: Ubuntu on a netbook

    Quote Originally Posted by kf0rt
    Well, I must admit, that was easy!

    Download the netbook "remix" and write to USB stick. Plug stick into netbook and it boots. Click, click, now it dual-boots XP and Ubuntu 9.10. Network and printer both came right up. Even sees the shares on my XP box (but won't play my XVID encoded AVI's).

    Coolness.
    Get the VLC media player ... it should be in the "add-remove" programs list. VLC will play almost anything!

    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.php?cat=video

    XviD is shown as playable on all platforms on that video features page.
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    Re: Ubuntu on a netbook

    Quote Originally Posted by ad4mg
    Quote Originally Posted by kf0rt
    Well, I must admit, that was easy!

    Download the netbook "remix" and write to USB stick. Plug stick into netbook and it boots. Click, click, now it dual-boots XP and Ubuntu 9.10. Network and printer both came right up. Even sees the shares on my XP box (but won't play my XVID encoded AVI's).

    Coolness.
    Get the VLC media player ... it should be in the "add-remove" programs list. VLC will play almost anything!

    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.php?cat=video

    XviD is shown as playable on all platforms on that video features page.
    That works. Thanks! Been using VLC for ages on Windoze -- never thought it might have a Linux version (was probably written originally for Linux).

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