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Hewlett Packard has released a custom made edition of Ubuntu Linux developed for netbooks. For your HP Mini one thousand Mi Edition, to become precise. Under the hood, the working program is determined by Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. That means it may operate pretty considerably any software that runs on Ubuntu including OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird and Pidgin. In fact, it comes preloaded with all of individuals applications in addition several a lot more. It's also pretty simple to install other Linux staples like picture editor GIMP.
But what helps make the Mi Edition computer software stand out will be the graphical user interface which seems nothing at all like Ubuntu or maybe Ubuntu Netbook Remix. When you 1st boot up the Mi Edition software you happen to be greeted using a screen which has a internet search engine, a list of favored internet sites,Office 2010 Professional, and shortcuts in your music and photographs. In the event you click on the Begin New Program button, a plan launcher will open that separates your applications into Net, Media, Utilities, Function, Perform, and All tabs. The settings supervisor exhibits you every little thing you'd uncover in the standard Ubuntu settings screens, but it is arranged inside a new way that makes it less complicated to search out what you're trying to find with fewer clicks.
HP has also added a custom media player called HP MediaStyle that looks a lot like Apple's FrontRow. MediaStyle supplies you using a easy complete display interface for navigating audio, videos, and images.

All round, HP has produced on the list of best assumed out Linux interfaces for netbooks. The software is created to ensure consumers who may have by no means utilized Linux ought to have no difficulty executing simple duties. But seasoned Linux consumers can usually fire up a terminal window by hitting Alt+F2 and getting into "gnome-terminal."

The software program arrives preloaded on some HP netbooks. But HP also options to publish a utility on its site inside the up coming few days that may enable you to develop a system restore USB flash disk from Windows. It is possible to by now create 1 if you're operating Linux. You can use this utility to both restore a Mi Edition netbook to factory default settings or to flip a Windows XP HP Mini 1000 into a Mi Edition device. I might not advise anyone to try utilizing this set up disk on unsupported hardware as you will almost certainly finish up with an working program that does not assistance your WiFi card or other hardware.

It is not apparent no matter whether HP options to offer the application for non-netbooks. But if you wish to try out including putting in the consumer interface about a normal Ubuntu installation, you are able to attempt incorporating the HP repositories and employing the Synaptic bundle manager to install a package deal known as glassy-bleu-theme.


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