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Ubuntu Lucid Works on the MSI Wind U100
The MSI Wind U100 netbook has been plagued by a bug in the Ubuntu Karmic kernel mode setting (KMS) that causes the screen brightness to flicker upon startup. As a result of this, I've been running Ubuntu Jaunty which continues to run well.
This past weekend I decided to download the Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha3 release and give it a try. I can confirm that based on booting a Live USB, the screen flicker issue has been fixed on the U100. Good news for the MSI Wind owners out there!
So if you're one of the Wind users that's been avoiding the update to Karmic, things are looking good for installing Lucid.
CentOS 5.4 On The Dell Inspiron 2600
The Dell Inspiron 2600 is a pretty old laptop, but can still be a useful computer if there's a decent OS installed. I had been running Ubuntu on this machine, but I started getting random freezes starting with Ubuntu Hardy. As a result, I was running Hardy with an older kernel from Gutsy. There were also difficulties with getting the video settings properly configured. I decided it was time to go in search of a new distro to run on this old laptop. Read more