Comments on: Hardware Review: Elonex Webbook with Ubuntu 8.04 http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/ There's No Place Like /Home Sat, 12 May 2012 20:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: SEAMUS http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-2534 SEAMUS Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:30:33 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-2534 if you press FN and F5 you will be able to transfer the screen onto an external monitor.:) if you press FN and F5 you will be able to transfer the screen onto an external monitor.:)

]]> By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Dan Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:18:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-797 @sam Really? Well that sucks big time. I agree with you 100%, I wouldn't buy anything from them either, get yourself a netbook off an online store with Linux on it. That's really disappointing, sorry to hear that. @sam Really? Well that sucks big time. I agree with you 100%, I wouldn’t buy anything from them either, get yourself a netbook off an online store with Linux on it. That’s really disappointing, sorry to hear that.

]]> By: Sam Albuquerque http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Sam Albuquerque Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:26:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-796 Hi Dan,<br/><br/>Hi had been to the Carphone Warehouse recently at Shepherd's Bush, London and they no longer sell any laptops with Ubuntu or any Linux installed on it. Even the tiny Asus EeePC 701 has been polluted with an XP install. When I enquired about the linux laptops all they said is there was not enough sale so we took them off.<br/><br/>I asked him "What if I want to buy one?" and their reply was that they would reformat the XP laptop and install linux on it. But the price would still be the same. It means, in the end I still have to pay the M$ tax. When I pointed about the EULA they said that only one person till date has got the refund and I have to pursue it after buying the PC.<br/><br/>I would prefer buying other brand Linux laptops online rather than buy it from CPW. <br/><br/>Can such trade practices be complained of anywhere? Hi Dan,

Hi had been to the Carphone Warehouse recently at Shepherd’s Bush, London and they no longer sell any laptops with Ubuntu or any Linux installed on it. Even the tiny Asus EeePC 701 has been polluted with an XP install. When I enquired about the linux laptops all they said is there was not enough sale so we took them off.

I asked him “What if I want to buy one?” and their reply was that they would reformat the XP laptop and install linux on it. But the price would still be the same. It means, in the end I still have to pay the M$ tax. When I pointed about the EULA they said that only one person till date has got the refund and I have to pursue it after buying the PC.

I would prefer buying other brand Linux laptops online rather than buy it from CPW.

Can such trade practices be complained of anywhere?

]]> By: geo http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-727 geo Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-727 can anyone please tell me where i could find the drivers for my elonex webbooki re-formatted the drives & cant get it together. can anyone please tell me where i could find the drivers for my elonex webbooki re-formatted the drives & cant get it together.

]]> By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Dan Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:35:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-717 It's probably a bit of both to be honest, it's quite small but my hands aren't that big I don't think :)<br/><br/>I found the keyboard a bit of a pain as you can see It’s probably a bit of both to be honest, it’s quite small but my hands aren’t that big I don’t think :)

I found the keyboard a bit of a pain as you can see

]]> By: redbrain http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-716 redbrain Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:31:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-716 Dan you must have huge hands or.... that thing is tiny! :) Dan you must have huge hands or…. that thing is tiny! :)

]]> By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Dan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-715 Thanks, I think there's a lot of people with perfectly good computers being told they need a Cray to run Vista Home Premium when all they want to do is check their email. I think a lot of software is bloated just to drive hardware sales.<br/><br/>On the other point, I always try to be honest and accountable for my words and actions. If I got something wrong then I'll hold my hands up, nobody can be right all the time. You don't learn anything that way :) Thanks, I think there’s a lot of people with perfectly good computers being told they need a Cray to run Vista Home Premium when all they want to do is check their email. I think a lot of software is bloated just to drive hardware sales.

On the other point, I always try to be honest and accountable for my words and actions. If I got something wrong then I’ll hold my hands up, nobody can be right all the time. You don’t learn anything that way :)

]]> By: Papa Chango http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Papa Chango Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:58:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-714 >We buy these big super computers >with enough processing power to >make Shrek 4 and then we open >Firefox and maybe a media >player, type a letter or >something, it's a sledgehammer >to crack a walnut often. <br/><br/>Excellent explanation.<br/>My mom was already way overpowered when she got her 2nd hand laptop with dual core chip, so she sure as heck doesnt need Core Duo or even Quad Core.<br/><br/>>but I was wrong,<br/><br/>Wow. How often do you read this on a tech blog? >We buy these big super computers >with enough processing power to >make Shrek 4 and then we open >Firefox and maybe a media >player, type a letter or >something, it's a sledgehammer >to crack a walnut often.

Excellent explanation.
My mom was already way overpowered when she got her 2nd hand laptop with dual core chip, so she sure as heck doesnt need Core Duo or even Quad Core.

>but I was wrong,

Wow. How often do you read this on a tech blog?

]]> By: Dan http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Dan Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:57:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-713 Thanks very much for the comment Alan, I will add a note to the post directing people to the blog of course. That graphics driver sounds great, how does Compiz perform on this machine? The Webbook is great and it seems there's a nice community building around it. Best of luck in the future :)<br/><br/>Dan Thanks very much for the comment Alan, I will add a note to the post directing people to the blog of course. That graphics driver sounds great, how does Compiz perform on this machine? The Webbook is great and it seems there’s a nice community building around it. Best of luck in the future :)

Dan

]]> By: The Open Sourcerer http://danlynch.org/blog/2008/09/elonex-webbook-with-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-712 The Open Sourcerer Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:44:00 +0000 http://adventuresinopensource.com/?p=146#comment-712 Thanks for the review. I'm Alan Lord (http://www.theopensourcerer.com) and run an Open Source consulting company called The Open Learning Centre (http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com) here in the UK. We worked with Elonex and Canonical to get the first Ubuntu builds on the unit.<br/><br/>Some of the gripes you mentioned we were aware of and simply ran out of time to rectify in the early shipments.<br/><br/>We have set up a blog at http://webbookblog.com/ where most of these issues have fixes described. The graphics is a bit of headache to be honest but we are a bit stuck because VIA are not being as quick as we would have liked in producing a binary graphics driver (Unichrome) that we can add to the Ubuntu repo for regular updates (like Nvidia do for example). With a hacked VIA driver which we have done in-house, the graphics work really well and you can run an external display and Compiz looks great!<br/><br/>Thanks again and do drop by the webbook blog or point any of your readers there as we have shown how to resolved most of the software issues you discovered. Thanks for the review. I’m Alan Lord (http://www.theopensourcerer.com) and run an Open Source consulting company called The Open Learning Centre (http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com) here in the UK. We worked with Elonex and Canonical to get the first Ubuntu builds on the unit.

Some of the gripes you mentioned we were aware of and simply ran out of time to rectify in the early shipments.

We have set up a blog at http://webbookblog.com/ where most of these issues have fixes described. The graphics is a bit of headache to be honest but we are a bit stuck because VIA are not being as quick as we would have liked in producing a binary graphics driver (Unichrome) that we can add to the Ubuntu repo for regular updates (like Nvidia do for example). With a hacked VIA driver which we have done in-house, the graphics work really well and you can run an external display and Compiz looks great!

Thanks again and do drop by the webbook blog or point any of your readers there as we have shown how to resolved most of the software issues you discovered.

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