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 [...]
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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
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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 [...]
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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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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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If you are like me, and are interested in or have purchased the Norhtec MicroClient then you may be interested in the MicroClient Fans discussion forum run by Nicolas314, as he suggests in this comment. Nicolas314 is part of a group of French MicroClient enthusiasts who have placed a bulk order with Norhtec.
I suggest that [...]
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