I just upgraded my main desktop PC, running Ubuntu 10.04 (”Lucid Lynx”). After an 8-year hiatus, I’m back on Intel, with a nice new Core i7 930 and a Gigabyte x58a-ud3r.
There’s not a great deal to write about compatibility, as everything “just worked” out of the box.
The upgrade went well — one of the great things about Linux is how well it takes to a complete brain transplant. No HAL trouble or “repair install” nonsense that you get on Windows.
Here are the things I had to do after the upgrade to get a 100% perfect system…
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November 11th, 2009
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If you followed my guide on getting Ubuntu 9.04 to run nicely on the eeePC 1005HA, and have or are considering upgrading to Karmic, these few notes will help you.
A karmic Koala in a seashell
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The 1005HA is one of the brand new Asus eeePC netbooks, and it is a great little machine — aside from the fact that it comes with Windows XP or a dumbed-down customised Xandros (allegedly — as time goes on, Asus seem to be selling out to Microsoft).
As the 1005HA is pretty new, it has a few odd hardware quirks that won’t be fully supported out of the box until the next release of Ubuntu.
Here I run through what I did to end up with a 100% working install — including all Fn hotkeys. The good news is that it is very easy!
My perfect Ubuntu setup on the 1005HA
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