Ubuntu 8.10 upmc for the Asus EeePC? Don't bother, just install the full distro

Posted by scrubs on Jan 14, 2009 11:48 AM EDT
Free Software Magazine; By Gary Richmond
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I discovered recently the truth of the old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. Yes, I finally did it. I bricked my beloved EeePc. I had just installed the Smart package manager and a subsequent reboot saw me stuck in, well, an eternal boot loop. Impulsive mixing of repositories always ends in tears—but not being able to boot? Argh! To rub salt into the wound I had mislaid the Xandros DVD to do a reinstall and I didn’t even have an external CD/DVD drive anyway. Organised or what? Read the full story at Freesoftware Magazine.

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