So I got a new laptop, a Zepto Znote 6024W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got it with 2GB of RAM, a 7200RPM 120GB harddisk, 1440×900 screen, 2.4GHz Intel Core Duo CPU, and Intel Pro\/Wireless 4965AGN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First overall impressions are quite good. The good stuff:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some bad points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zepto (www.zepto.dk<\/a>) is a Danish company I believe, but it seems they deliver to several other contries as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I first went into the BIOS to see what was there. I only made a few changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not sure exactly what these do, or if the changes even have any effect\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, I went on to install Ubuntu Hardy. I choose the 64-bit version. Let’s face it, the 32-bit days are over, some people also ran DOS on their shiny new 386 computers back then. Besides, I need the 64-bit capabilities for some of my projects. Java and Flash Firefox plugins will suffer… I will probably install a 32-bit KVM guest later just to get the internet banking working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For some reason I hate juggling with CDs\/DVDs, so I always do a network install. The BIOS was already configured to boot from network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To do a network installation, I use another existing linux host which I set up as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n With these preparations done, just boot the new machine to be installed. It will boot from network into the installer and download everything needed to finish the install.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After installation, I did some customization to get the machine into a comfortable state for me to work on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s about it, I think. MySQL server 6.0 full “make” ( So I got a new laptop, a Zepto Znote 6024W. I got it with 2GB of RAM, a 7200RPM 120GB harddisk, 1440×900 screen, 2.4GHz Intel Core Duo CPU, and Intel Pro\/Wireless 4965AGN. First overall impressions are quite good. The good stuff: Everything seems to work out-of-the-box with Ubuntu Hardy. You can customize the configuration when… Continue reading Zepto Znote 6024W laptop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knielsen-hq.org\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Installation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server<\/code><\/li>\/etc\/dhcp3\/dhcpd.conf<\/code>, add this:
subnet 10.10.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {<\/code> range 10.10.0.10 10.10.0.245;<\/code>
option routers 10.10.0.1;<\/code>
}<\/code>
filename=\"pxelinux.0\";<\/code><\/li>sudo ifconfig eth0 10.10.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0<\/code><\/li>sudo \/etc\/init.d\/dhcp3-server start<\/code><\/li>sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa<\/code><\/li>sudo sh -c 'echo 1 > \/proc\/sys\/net\/ipv4\/ip_forward '<\/code><\/li>:\/\/mirror.uni-c.dk\/pub\/ubuntu\/dists\/hardy\/main\/installer-amd64\/20070308ubuntu40\/images\/netboot\/<\/code> into \/var\/lib\/tftp-boot\/<\/code>: pxelinux.0
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/initrd.gz
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/linux
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f7.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f9.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/boot.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f6.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f5.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f4.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f1.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f2.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f10.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f8.txt
ubuntu-installer\/amd64\/boot-screens\/f3.txt
pxelinux.cfg\/default<\/code><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\nCustomization<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt-get install fvwm build-essentials emacs21 gnus emacs-goodies-el xchat<\/code> sudo apt-get install twinkle imagemagick gnus-doc emacs21-common-non-dfsg liferea<\/code> sudo apt-get build-dep mysql-server-5.0<\/code><\/li> --- xorg.conf 2008\/06\/05 15:16:01 1.1<\/code> +++ xorg.conf 2008\/06\/05 19:36:38 1.2<\/code> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@<\/code> Option \"XkbRules\" \"xorg\"<\/code> Option \"XkbModel\" \"pc105\"<\/code> Option \"XkbLayout\" \"us\"<\/code> + Option \"XkbOptions\" \"ctrl:nocaps\"<\/code> EndSection<\/code> Section \"InputDevice\"<\/code> @@ -30,19 +31,35 @@<\/code> Section \"Device\"<\/code> Identifier \"Configured Video Device\"<\/code> + Option \"Monitor-LVDS\" \"Internal Panel\"<\/code> + Option \"Monitor-VGA\" \"External VGA Monitor\"<\/code> EndSection<\/code> Section \"Monitor\"<\/code> Identifier \"Configured Monitor\"<\/code> EndSection<\/code> +Section \"Monitor\"<\/code> + Identifier \"Internal Panel\"<\/code> +EndSection<\/code> +<\/code> +Section \"Monitor\"<\/code> + Identifier \"External VGA Monitor\"<\/code> + Option \"RightOf\" \"Internal Panel\"<\/code> +EndSection<\/code> +<\/code> Section \"Screen\"<\/code> Identifier \"Default Screen\"<\/code> Monitor \"Configured Monitor\"<\/code> Device \"Configured Video Device\"<\/code> + SubSection \"Display\"<\/code> + Depth 24<\/code> + Virtual 3040 1200<\/code> + EndSubSection<\/code> EndSection<\/code> Section \"ServerLayout\"<\/code> Identifier \"Default Layout\"<\/code> Screen \"Default Screen\"<\/code> + Option \"DontZap\" \"on\"<\/code> EndSection<\/code><\/li>.\/configure --plugins=max<\/code>) runs in 7 minutes, which is quite respectable (my old laptop spent I think over 25 minutes on that).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"