Comments on: Moblin Linux 2.1 project release for netbooks now available

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:21:06 +0000

I was really excited to try it out, but then I realized that it doesn't have support for the NVIDIA ION graphics chipset… I was naturally quite upset. Any idea if they are planning on adding support soon? If not, does anybody know a workaround?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:21:06 +0000

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:52:27 +0000

Does this release support Intel's GMA 500 graphics? Your “quake on a netbook” post suggests that they are working on true hardware 3d support (under Linux) for the first time…

By: tomleemullins

tomleemullins — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:21:55 +0000

I have tried installing Moblin for netbooks on my Asus EEE 701a pc. I was able to get it on a SD Card using a USB SD Card reader but it still booted to the SSD instead of the SDCard in the card reader slot. I will give this new one a try too.

It seems like a good os for netbooks.

By: acurrie

acurrie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:53:41 +0000

I'll check it out… Thanks!

By: J

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:47:22 +0000

usb-imagewriter is a very useful/simple gui that works very well on Ubuntu from intrepid all the way to karmic. Here is a link to a guide that shows different ways for Windows/Ubuntu/Mac so if you don't run ubuntu…chances are you'll find something helpful in there!
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/…

By: acurrie

acurrie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:43:38 +0000

I'm interested in test-driving this latest version of Moblin, but it's an .IMG rather than an .ISO file, so I can't use UNetBootin to put it on a USB stick…

Anybody else have a tool for Linux that you'd recommend?