19/07/2012
Long time since an update – you can now get UBUNTU 12.04
Intalling it on Dell Mini with a USB stick is a breeze:-
use UNETBOOTIN see instructions click here ==> INSTALL LINUX UBUNTU
Once intsalled you need to get Wireless Card Drivers and possibly sound
For Dell Mini Follow these commands in the terminal window (ALT+CTRL+T):-
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source
Problems installing wireless CLICK HERE
Correct Screen Dell mini 10 – CLICK HERE
Free Opensource software for computers available on the internet
17th November 2009
WHAT ANTI-VIRUS TO USE
AVG – CLICK HERE
Select the .deb version.
Save to your desktop
Double-click the .deb file
AVAST – Click Here
16th November 2009
Set up Evolution Email
Created new users
Copied word, excel and email file using email attachement, zipped file from Windows PC
Import Emails, Contact, Calendar from Outlook
Open Office opens all doc and xls files
Investigate Add Printer
15th November 2009
Installed Ubuntu today, didn’t detect the Wireless Network Card in my Toshiba Tecra M2, so used Ethernet connection and updated the OS
System –> Administration –> Update Manager
Check –> Found 92 Updates –> Install Updates
Used following commands to setup the Wireless Network
list network connections use ==> iwconfig
start the card use ==> sudo ifconfig eth1 up
scan networks use ==> iwlist eth1 scan
14th November 2009
Downloading and Installing – CLICK HERE
