Ho avuto occasione di installare Ubuntu 11.10 sul Compaq Mini di un collega.
Il pc nasce con windows vista ma, come ha riportato il mio collega, è leeeento inchiodato!
Il design sobrio e lineare mi ha ricordato molto il mio Dell Mini 9, anche se rispetto a quest’ultimo ha due grossi difetti: la presenza di parti meccaniche in movimento (ventola ed hard-disk) ed il touchpad con gli odiosi tasti laterali.
L’hardware non ha dato alcun problema durante l’installazione, l’unico neo è dato dalla scheda wi-fi che richiede lo scaricamento del firmware, ma tutto il resto funziona out-of-the-box™.
La scheda video, una Intel 945GME, svolge egregiamente il suo sporco lavoro, consentendo di utilizzare ad esempio Gnome Shell o Google Earth con una buona fluidità.
Per i più tecnici, qui sotto riporto il risultato di lshw:
sidekick description: Computer width: 32 bits *-core description: Motherboard physical id: 0 *-memory description: System memory physical id: 0 size: 1015MiB *-cpu product: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 1 bus info: cpu@0 version: 6.12.2 serial: 0001-06C2-0000-0000-0000-0000 size: 1600MHz capacity: 1600MHz width: 32 bits capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm cpufreq configuration: id=0 *-logicalcpu:0 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.1 width: 32 bits capabilities: logical *-logicalcpu:1 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.2 width: 32 bits capabilities: logical *-pci description: Host bridge product: Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-intel resources: irq:0 *-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller product: Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:fe980000-fe9fffff ioport:dc80(size=8) memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fe940000-fe97ffff *-display:1 UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1 version: 03 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:fe880000-fe8fffff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 02 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 resources: irq:43 memory:fe938000-fe93bfff *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:40 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:fea00000-feafffff ioport:3fa00000(size=2097152) *-network description: Wireless interface product: BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: eth2 version: 01 serial: c4:17:fe:5f:5f:d7 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=5.100.82.38 ip=192.168.10.110 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 resources: irq:16 memory:feafc000-feafffff *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:41 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:feb00000-febfffff ioport:3f800000(size=2097152) *-network description: Ethernet interface product: AR8132 Fast Ethernet vendor: Atheros Communications physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: c0 serial: d8:d3:85:23:19:9c capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:44 memory:febc0000-febfffff ioport:ec80(size=128) *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:23 ioport:dc00(size=32) *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:19 ioport:d880(size=32) *-usb:2 description: USB Controller product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:18 ioport:d800(size=32) *-usb:3 description: USB Controller product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:16 ioport:d480(size=32) *-usb:4 description: USB Controller product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.7 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:23 memory:fe937c00-fe937fff *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1e bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0 version: e2 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list *-isa description: ISA bridge product: 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-storage description: SATA controller product: 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:42 ioport:d400(size=8) ioport:d080(size=4) ioport:d000(size=8) ioport:cc80(size=4) ioport:cc00(size=16) memory:fe937800-fe937bff
ciao Ulisse,
quando hai tempo dai un occhio (se non l’hai già fatto) a Linux Mint Debian Edition… è decisamente valida. La tengo in macchina virtuale (su ubuntu) perché voglio decisamente tornare a debian e mi sembra proprio valida (funziona tutto out of the box, in teoria anche firmware “strani”).
ciao
d
L’ho provato un annetto fa, Mint, e non mi è dispiaciuto, ma tutto sommato era un Ubuntu con qualche modifica.
Per di più, le modifiche non mi piacevano molto e nel giro di poco avevo già trasformato tutto nel solito mio desktop personalizzato, lo stesso in cui sfociava sempre anche Ubuntu (o Fedora, per quel che può valere…)
La rolling-release basata su Debian a quei tempi era solo un’ipotesi, adesso sembra molto più reale, appena avrò voglia magari la proverò sul Mini9.
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