The Ubuntu Netbook Edition. It has been discontinued since 11.04. This tag can also cover Ubuntu Netbook Remix, but it does not cover the general use of Ubuntu on a netbook computer.

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Has anyone been able to get Ubuntu 12.10 to run on a LT4004U netbook?

I recently purchased a new netbook (Gateway LT4004u) and am realizing I should have taken the thing back the instant it started having issues. When I upgraded the hardware (RAM and battery) in the ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu 12.10 32 or 64 Bit, only Ubuntu 12.04 32 Bit [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? i tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 64Bit, 12.10 32 and 64Bit, but it doesn't work. I'm used the ...
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Is it possible to revert from dualboot back to uniboot (Windows 7 Starter only)?

I am on a netbook and got recommended to try Ubuntu. So i am going to run it with Windows 7 Starter still as my OS. But if I decide to go with Ubuntu as my main OS is there any way to go back to ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a Sylvania Netbook with Windows CE

Are there any known problems/fixes for installing Ubuntu on a Sylvania Netbook with Windows CE? I have a Sylvania SYNET7WID, but I'm not sure that the specific model matters. I believe there were a ...
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New to Ubuntu: Have “old” MSI netbook with XP. Will Ubuntu work? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What are the minimum system requirements for 12.04 LTS? I am taking the netbook on the road but I'd like upgrade the OS and Windows 7 is out of the question. Netbook has ...
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How to install desktop version from netbook version?/Where can I find the Startup Disk Creator?

I have an old netbook version of ubuntu, and I wanted to install the current desktop version I was following the steps that you can see here ...
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Install KDE 4.9 Plasma Netbook on 12.04

I'm curious about KDE 4.9, and I've seen that there's a desktop specially created for netbooks called Plasma Netbook or something like that so I wanted to try it out. Is there any way? I have ...
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Lubuntu Netbook shows root partition full

I've been using Lubuntu Netbook for quite a few days (on Asus EeePC 1015PX), but recently I encountered a problem. I could not copy files to my root partition. I looked for the files that were eating ...
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Is there an easy way to change Ubuntu flavor during upgrade?

I used to run Ubuntu Netbook Edition (UNE) 10.04 on my Asus Eee 901. I recently upgraded to the "regular" Ubuntu desktop 11.10, since UNE was discontinued. Due to the limited hardware, my netbook has ...
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Is there a way to switch to the old netbook interface?

Is there a way to switch to the old netbook remix interface? The one that was like easy peasy I don't like the way unity looks like now. Thanks.
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How do I install Ubuntu 12.04 on my Asus 1225C netbook?

I had to wait a month to receive my Asus 1225C netbook from Adorama Camera and was disappointed to find that it comes without Ubuntu installed. I have Eeebuntu 12.04 on a flash drive but the 1225C ...
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Uninstalling Ubuntu from a Netbook [closed]

I recently bought a netbook off a friend. It's a Dell Inspiron Mini and originally ran Windows 7. However at some point he installed Ubuntu on it and I do not have the tech savy to use it properly. I ...
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Why aren't my catalyst drivers working after installation?

I have a net-book laptop. It's an Acer Aspire one 722. It's a very good laptop and I know it can play HD on web. It could in Windows but only after installing the graphics drivers. Because the ...
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Fresh 12.04 install on netbook

Ok so, been working on this for hours now, and I haven't found anything that solves the problem yet. So, basically I have a netbook (Atom N450 processor, 1GB RAM, 10.1'' display) with windows 7 ...
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Lenovo Ideapad 205 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

I just wanted to report one thing, because I know there are a lot of Ideapad S205 users out there, that had issues running Ubuntu on their Lenovo Ideapad S205 in the past. Lenovo Ideapad with Ubuntu ...
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Installation problem with Atom D2500 Cedarview

I just got my netbook yesterday and spent the whole day to get Ubuntu into it. Intel Atom D2500, Cedarview, 1.86 GHz, 2 GB RAM. An error occurred when I tried to install both using WUBI and ISO. ...
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How can I reduce the CPU usage of X/LightDM?

Running Xubuntu 12.04 on a netbook (Lenovo S10), the lightdm process which runs in the background takes up constantly a precious 12% of the CPU. Besides, this consumes a considerable amount of energy, ...
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Ubuntu from usb netbook problem

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 (the latest version) onto my thumbdrive and it installed perfectly, but when I booted it from my netbook and parts of the desktop started to look like tv snow. I do not know ...
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Screen goes blank after installation and boot menu Ubuntu 12.04 (Windows Installer)

Well my problem is taht after installing ubuntu, i restart my computer, and select ubuntu from the boot screen, the screen goes a purple color for a fraction of second and then it changes to black ...
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Ubuntu for Acer netbooks?

I want to install Ubuntu on my Acer netbook. But I've had problems with the new version. The problem is with the cpu or something like this. Is there an Ubuntu version for netbooks? What can I do? ...
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10.04 notification area wireless notification wrong

I just installed 10.04 on my hp mini 110. All worked out of the box except the wireless (as expected), so I followed the plethora of forum posts and installed/activated the STA driver. This worked and ...
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How to switch a netbook desktop on 12.04?

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop. My screen is quite small, and I think that the netbook desktop (something like this) would be better. Is it possible to switch to netbook desktop on Ubuntu ...
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my transcend external hdd (500GB) works on Ubuntu but not on Windows

I have Transcend 500GB external hard disk. I recently switched from Windows7 to Ubuntu. Before everything was working fine, but now as I have my project files on external hard disk, I used ...
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How to uninstall Ubuntu from an ubuntu only system

an alternative title for this is : "how do I reinstall windows XP onto an Ubuntu only netbook" I installed Ubuntu 12.4 by wiping Windows and not creating another partition for Ubuntu in the hard ...
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Ubuntu Variant / Linux Distros which uses least system resources (RAM, CPU)?

I have a netbook (an older Asus EEEPC 1005HA) which I want to get rid of Windows on (I like Windows, but I don't think it works well in a netbook environment). Basically, my question is which Ubuntu ...
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I have deleted python files in usr/bin and cant reinstall it

I am a novice at Ubuntu and unfortunately i have deleted 3 files in the usr/bin folder python 2.7 python python 2.6 Now my update manager wont work and when i type in python into gnome it says that ...
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What is Show state icon in omnibox in Google Chrome?

What is Show state icon in omnibox in Google Chrome? During the installation of plugin for backspace key, I found there "Backspace Shortcuts for Linux" I found there three options viz. Activate ...
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Lenovo S110 netbook screen resolution Ubuntu

I am still stuck with 800x600 resolution. Here is the output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 0bf2 (rev 03) Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3983 Flags: bus master, fast ...
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Asus Eee PC 1015CX shows resolution of 800x600 in Ubuntu 12.04

I have Asus Eee PC 1015CX and I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.04, when I used the bootable USB and tried it, the only available option for resolution setting was 800x600 which looks bad on the screen. ...
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EEE 1015PN less battery lifetime

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS (32bit) on my Asus EEE 1015PN. I have installed the VGA-Switch von Mtron too (https://sites.google.com/site/mtrons/projects/eee1015pn). The problem is that in Windows ...
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How to impove Ubuntu performance on netbook

Most recent Ubuntu 12.04 seems to be quite nice and Unity (3D/2D) works fine for me, however not on my old Acer Aspire One any more. There was a times, when I switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu and ...
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How to keep the laptop's temperature low without hardware cleaning?

Last few days I found out that when I open Google Chrome and the laptop's fans start working really hard and I can not touch the mousepad because of heating. I use Ubuntu 11.10 on my Toshiba A350-22z ...
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Error 'failed to create directory locally' while downloading with Fire FTP

I'm using Fire FTP (Firefox add-on) in Ubuntu to download my project locally but when I click on download, it says failed to create directory "Project1" locally. Is there any root permission issue? if ...
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Changing Wallpaper on 12.04 Login Screen

I'm using this link but seems to be not working on 12.04, here's the Terminal message below: Are there other softwares/tips for changing the login screen? I'm also using link but seems outdated. ...
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Compiling C++ inside a folder in Ubuntu 12.04

I have some question about compiling .cpp inside a folder, it says first.cpp No such file or directory but when I run it in home it compiles. Any settings I might have left out? Thanks. Here's ...
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Gateway ZA8 Netbook graphics Issue

The graphics keep tearing and are barely usable anytime I try to use my Netbook. And I did a full install with Ubuntu so I'm pretty much stuck. These are the specs of the Netbook: Processor AMD ...
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which linux distribution on my netbook

I have an Acer Aspire One netbook and I want run Linux on it, but I don't know which distribution I should choose. It has a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom processor and about 1 GB RAM, so it shouldn't be too ...
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Problem installing wine on Ubuntu 12.04

I have a problem with installing wine into my netbook running ubuntu 12.04, it says that I need to insert the installation CD, but i installed ubuntu through my USB pendrive. How can I do for ...
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Installation problem ubuntu 12.04 with hp Pavilion dv4 3006tx laptop

I am trying to install ubuntu 12.04 in my laptop containing model is HP Pavilion dv4 3006 tx , it has 1GB Graphics card( Video Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6750M (1 GB DDR5) ). Installation process is ...
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STANDBY/SUSPEND TO RAM does not work - ASUS EeePC wakes up immediately

I'm using 12.04 on a ASUS 1201 EeePC. Hibernation works well after re-enabling (thanks for that post!), but the SUSPEND mode does not persist. After switching the Netbook off it is awaking immediately ...
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Wifi slows Ubuntu to a halt after waking from sleep

The computer is a MSI Wind U100+ Netbook with Ralink RT2700E. There was a similar issue I was able to correct in 10.04 by adding some blacklist drivers in /etc/modprob.d but the issue then only meant ...
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Installing ubuntu 12.04 on a seperate partition

i have a 320GB hp-mini netbook, which originally had 2 partitions (C: ~300GB, and D:(recovery) ~20GB). i shrinked the C: drive, and created a 50GB unallocated partition, which i want to use for my ...
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Dash home button in unity5 of new ubuntu 12.04lts [closed]

If I click on the dash home icon nothings come up. It's as if it's not responding, but just above the dash home icon, I can see close, minimize and restore buttons. I have tried all the links present ...
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Will installing Ubuntu from a CD delete my files?

I am installing Ubuntu 12.04 from a CD-ROM. When I install, will the partition I give to Ubuntu be formatted for Ubuntu? Thanks! I have Windows 7.
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Installation Size Enlightenment

Looking here, why does the "Installation Size:" differ? What differs an Installation Size of 10GB to 30GB?
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Access Windows 7 Files from Ubuntu 12.04

I'm new to Ubuntu, so can any of you give me a guide of how I can access my windows 7 files from my Ubuntu 12. I installed it using Wubi. Looked around everywhere but failed.
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Is there an Ubuntu 12.04 netbook edition? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where is the netbook edition? Is there a separate Ubuntu 12.04 netbook edition? This page http://www.ubuntu.com/download does not show one. However, my older 10.04 had ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 very slow on samsung netbook

I have a samsung netbook n150 1Gb Ram (Intel graphic card), 1,66GHz Intel Atom processor. It was working great with the ubuntu 10.04 netbook edition, really fast boot very eficient but I have updated ...
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20GB SSD + 320GB HDD. Save SSD Space

I have a Acer Aspire S3. It has a 20GB SSD and a 320GB HDD. I want to install Ubuntu on my small SSD and all my data on the larger HDD. I was wondering what can I store on my HDD to save as much space ...
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How to assign keys in the keyboard?

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 netbook version and I want to assign my windows key on the keyboard to preform the same function as it as in windows (minimize all app and open favorite). Now the key is not ...

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