Microclient plans

Just a quick update. I have been using my Microclient with Xubuntu 7.10 as my main computer at home. I did some fairly intensive GIMP image editing the other day, no problems!
I’m still looking to use the MicroClient as something along the lines of a media box (mainly for music). I’m looking for a very [...]

New Forum – Google Groups!

Just to let everyone know, Nicolas has moved the forum to a Google Groups setting. The address is below.
http://groups.google.com/group/microclient
Enjoy

Plans for the MicroClient Sr.

I have had my MicroClient Sr. running Xubuntu 7.10 for about a month now. I have swapped the Compact Flash install for a 2.5″ 80Gb HD install instead. This made boot times a bit faster and also stopped me worrying about read/write limits on the CF card.
The MicroClient runs OK as an every day desktop [...]

MicroClient Sr. – Sorting out the video driver

As I mentioned in my post on installing Xubuntu on the MicroClient, the default video driver that Xubuntu goes for is VESA. While this  at least works, screen re-drawing and animation can be painfully slow when the CPU is under heavy load.
The video chipset is the VIA CX700M, specifically the “3157″ integrated video processor. The [...]

MicroClient Sr. – Kernel Dump

As requested by pbunnun in the comments here is a kernel dump via dmesg from my MicroClient Sr. Hope this is of some use to someone out there.
[ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@terranova) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 (Ubuntu 2.6.22-14.52-generic)
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The MicroClient Sr. CPU – VIA Eden ULV Processor

Just a quick post with a little in depth information about the CPU in the MicroClient Sr.
The CPU is made by VIA and is from the Eden ULV family. ULV stands for Ultra Low Voltage. The clock speed is 500MHz with a Front Side Bus (FSB) speed of 400MHz. Power consumption is extremely low at [...]

Installing Xubuntu 7.10 on the Norhtec MicroClient Sr.

So for the last couple of days I have been preparing and installing Xubuntu 7.10 on my MicroClient Sr.
I had a similar idea to Nicolas314 over on the forum in that I planned to install by using a USB key, because the MicroClient doesn’t have an optical drive. The basic idea of this process is [...]

First Photos of Norhtec MicroClient Sr.

Here are some photos of my MicroClient Sr. as I took it out of the box for the first time!
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Cheers.

It’s Here!

I finally got my MicroClient yesterday! Woohoo!
My first impressions are that it is so much smaller than I imagined it would be. I have taken some pictures (that I will upload later). So far, all I have done is turn it on and have a poke around in the BIOS. I will probably [...]

Idea!

So, it seems like there are a few prospective and one current (congratulations David Wilson! ) MicroClient owners out there. Would you guys like me to set up a forum somewhere to have discussions/updates etc? It seems to me this would be better than you guys just leaving comments on this blog.
Let me know [...]