April 29th, 2009
Jaunty netbook install
I downloaded the new jaunty image from ubuntu’s site – I then installed usb-imagewriter wchich writes the image file to a USB key as netbooks dont have a cdrom no need to hook a external cd reader just install straight from the USB key!! wonder if you can do this with windows!! duh!.. anyway booted of the key and the install was a breeze around 5 questions and away we go! 15 minutes laster i had rebooted into the new shiny ubunty jaunty!! all the screen sizes correct during the install which has always been a bit of a problem! Well this was the fastest boot ive ever seen faster than windows 7 defo!! Logged onto the acer aspire – everything works no issues at all!! sorted!
Now on the asus i noticed it was a tad jerky so after a search i found there is a bug which will be fixed by doing a update during the install soon but for now download these two files:
move into the directory you have them in install them from a terminal typing
sudo dpkg -i * (as long as there is only these two packages in this directory!)
after the packages install reboot and your away no more problems.
I like the feature of swapping between netbook desktop or classic
Ubuntu is really going for it now 