Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-11-10 Thread Steve Paine
It certainly looks like Win7 would take back the Netbook market from Linux with W7 at this stage. Having tested it at the weekend, its clear that the 1.6Ghz processor, 1GB mem and a reasonably fast disk will be fine and offers a far more comfortable, productive and enjoyable environment than any Li

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-11-10 Thread Tal Beno
I could not resist sending this to you all ... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3VyE_ofSwwE&refer=news Its amazing to hear that MS is actually suffering on the OS business - and just because of the fact that 30% of the Netbooks are sold with Linux. It just emphasize what I have

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-10-10 Thread Tal Beno
Sorry for rumbling more about it ... As stated software strategy is an elusive trade. Putting aside enterprise software and focusing on the consumer market, we are facing a unique opportunity here. Microsoft is making a dual strategic mistake in my humble opinion when not pushing XP as "the" mobil

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-10-08 Thread Tero Saarni
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 14:11, Steve Paine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Some faith in Ubuntu-MID appears to have been lost through the delays with > the Gigabyte > M528/Compal JAX10 device.) > > Good luck to all for Intrepid release. > Steve It is also not helping that this device requires some p

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-10-08 Thread Steve Paine
I think TAL has a good point that there's an opportunity here that could take root if given more support from the back-end. Over the last week we've all seen the active response from users too which is an even better indication that this distro could be worth focusing on by both the community and C

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-27 Thread Emmet Hikory
Tal Beno wrote: > I wish to comment please on Steve's original mail as well as on the overall > reply that Steve got from Mr. Emmet Hikory. Although I've been replying to a number of these mails, it's not that I'm someone particularly special when it comes to Ubuntu Mobile: I'm just a user who

RE: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-27 Thread Tal Beno
I wish to comment please on Steve's original mail as well as on the overall reply that Steve got from Mr. Emmet Hikory. I understand the enthusiasm that Steve is showing towards this flavor. Heck I share the same feeling, and when first hearing about this second flavor I couldn't resist thinking t

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-27 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, On Fr, 2008-09-26 at 15:37 +0200, Steve Paine wrote: > > I was proposing that I send an SC3 to Oliver (mainly as I know him and > he's not far from me in Germany) to help out with the SCH/Poulsbo > testing, not buying up the contents of Dynamism and shipping it to > him ;-) i'd love to get o

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Bluesky
Hi, >The wiki needs work. I'll see if I can spend some time on it, but > if anyone else wants to flesh out more on wiki.ubuntu.com, that would be > great. I am currently working on a page called something like 'Application Selection' which i will probably end up putting as a link of help.ubunt

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Ryan Gallagher
After, should I try before? I assumed that would overwrite it. -Original Message- From: Javier Gálvez Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ryan Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ubuntu Mobile Subject: Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile Date: F

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Javier Gálvez Guerrero
r ideas I can try out? > > Thanks, > Ryan. > > > -Original Message- > *From*: Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > *To*: Ubuntu Mobile > > > *Subject*: Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile > *Date*: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:41:32 +0900 >

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Ryan Gallagher
I tried rebooting and once again am back to the error 15. :( Tried it twice now and no joy. Any other ideas I can try out? Thanks, Ryan. -Original Message- From: Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ubuntu Mobile Subject: Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Steve Paine
Yup. I had the same errors but it all boots OK on my Q1 U. Steve. On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ryan Gallagher wrote: > > Ok it downloads and unpacks fine, then it gets into trouble (see > > below). Any ideas? > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# dpkg -i linux

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Emmet Hikory
Ryan Gallagher wrote: > Ok it downloads and unpacks fine, then it gets into trouble (see > below). Any ideas? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/# dpkg -i linux-image*deb <...> > Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. > run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common > pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Ryan Gallagher
Sorry I posted/sent this to the wrong thread. I will resend to the correct one. Apologies, Ryan. -Original Message- From: Ryan Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Ubuntu Mobile Subject: Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Ryan Gallagher
tc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci -Original Message- From: Emmet Hikory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ubuntu Mobile Subject: Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:21:21 +0900 Steve Paine wrote: > I was proposing that I send an SC3 to

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Emmet Hikory
Steve Paine wrote: > I was proposing that I send an SC3 to Oliver (mainly as I know him and > he's not far from me in Germany) to help out with the SCH/Poulsbo > testing, not buying up the contents of Dynamism and shipping it to him ;-) > I doubt you'll find many devs with poulsbo/touch hardware ou

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Steve Paine
Hi Emmet. Thanks for your response. My responses inline. Steve. > > > My question is, can we do this in some semi-formal way? I want to post > > an article (today if possble), place a promotional ad button and donate > > some equipment to Oliver. Can someone from Canonical informally > > 'approve'

Re: Supporting Ubuntu Mobile

2008-09-26 Thread Emmet Hikory
Steve Paine wrote: > I've been impressed with what Oliver has done with Ubuntu Mobile in such > a short time and I see an opportunity. We, the mobile community, finally > have a project that we can get behind with confidence. Ubuntu-MID is > great but there's a feeling that Intel, Canonical and oth