Video Hands on With the Dell Inspiron Mini 9
September 4th, 2008 by Joanna Stern We have posted a full review of the Dell Inspiron Mini along with a bunch of news about the product. But we know what you really want is to see the little guy on video, especially with its with its closest rival the Acer Aspire one. Below you will find a short video of our impressions of the hardware and an in depth look at the Ubuntu Linux interface.
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September 5th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
The Ubuntu Linux distribution used is actually pronounced “oo-BOON-too”, not “oo-BUN-too”. The correct pronunciation is in the Ubuntu F.A.Q. at: http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/faq
September 5th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
From the Ubuntu site, just FYI:
“How do you pronounce Ubuntu?
Ubuntu, an African word from Zulu and Xhosa, is pronounced “oo-BOON-too”. “
September 5th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Joanna, two questions for you:
1. Does the Mini 9 has an onboard mic? I know it has a mic port, but I am interested in an onboard one, and the specs for the product doesn’t mention it…
2. Is the Ubuntu version installed, has a way to install other Linux apps? You see, on the notebookreview.com review, the reviewer mentions that you can only install new apps via the Terminal, but in the “normal” ubuntu versions, there are numerous graphical utils to do so. So what’s the deal with this version of ubuntu?
Thx.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Geeks nerds are trying to correct a women.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
@Eugenia: I’m assuming that if you go to the menu (not the compositing launcher, the actual menu) it has Add/Remove there. Add/Remove (formally known as gnome-app-install) is the easiest frontend for APT (Advanced Package Tool) I’ve ever used.
Chances are you can just drag Add/Remove into the compositing launcher.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:11 am
I don’t think it matters how you pronounce a word like Ubuntu. There are different pronounciations for various words thanks to accents/dialects/etc., so big deal if Ubuntu is being read differently than what some guy who wrote a FAQ says.
September 6th, 2008 at 4:56 am
strange: while on the US site, you only get ubuntu, on the UK site, you only get XP. once again, it shows that their commitment to open-source is quite strange. or can anybody expain this? anyway, i’ll buy the eee 901 instead, where i can get linux.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:47 am
On the US Dell website you can get either GNU/Linux or Microsoft Windows XP. Giving GNU a share of the credit is important; it is a nice way to get people entering our community to learn about software freedom (see http://www.gnu.org/fry/ for a great introduction to software freedom by Stephen Fry).
September 15th, 2008 at 4:54 am
FYI Eugenia the onboard mic is at the front of the notebook near the touchpad/mouse buttons
I did some googling to answer the very same question!
When Ubuntu is released,
mine is shipped w/ 1.3M cam, bluetooth, 16GB SSD, and upgraded to 2GB RAM!
hmmmm for a traveler GPS would be nice