4seasonphoto
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Just got it on Friday after a 3-week wait, and I spent a good part of Friday and Saturday figuring out how to install Kubuntu on it. Mine's the $499 model that's second from the bottom of the line, with a 1.2 ghz Via C7 processor, 120 gb hard drive and (originally) SuSE Enterprise 10.
Totally dwarfed by my iMac:
http://idisk.mac.com/fourseason7444-Public/mini-note.jpg
Stacked atop my 17" HP notebook for comparison:
http://idisk.mac.com/fourseason7444-Public/mini-note-pavilion.jpg
At first glance, the factory SuSE Linux install looks pretty good until you realize that they didn't bother fine-tuning it for the Mini-Note, and didn't even provide support for the wifi! Setup of Kubuntu took longer than usual because it was the first time I installed via network, and first time setting up niswrapper to work with Windows wifi drivers, and first time setting up an 802.11G connection with WPA2 encryption under Linux. Everything's working now though! Except maybe the webcam, which I haven't fussed with yet.
Totally dwarfed by my iMac:
http://idisk.mac.com/fourseason7444-Public/mini-note.jpg
Stacked atop my 17" HP notebook for comparison:
http://idisk.mac.com/fourseason7444-Public/mini-note-pavilion.jpg
At first glance, the factory SuSE Linux install looks pretty good until you realize that they didn't bother fine-tuning it for the Mini-Note, and didn't even provide support for the wifi! Setup of Kubuntu took longer than usual because it was the first time I installed via network, and first time setting up niswrapper to work with Windows wifi drivers, and first time setting up an 802.11G connection with WPA2 encryption under Linux. Everything's working now though! Except maybe the webcam, which I haven't fussed with yet.