Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop supported. In comparision with Ubuntu 8.04 it is slow a little.
Here is step by step installation instructions:
Prepare installation media
- You can use USB CD-ROM Drive or USB Flash drive (disk-on-key) as installation media.
- Download Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop installation .iso from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
- If you are using USB CD-ROM - burn downloaded image directly on CD.
- If you are using USB Flash drive, 1GB would be enough. Download and run usb-creator utility to make bootable installation flash drive.
You can download usb-creator from here: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywo ... ection=all
Installation of generic Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop
- Standard Ubuntu installation - choose timezone, username, password etc.
- When you will be asked to reboot fit-PC2 - shut down it manually (with power button).
- Unplug USB CD-ROM/USB Flash drive.
- Power on fit-PC2, make login with username and password you have chosen previously.
Necessary system changes
- Add following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list
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## Repository for fit-PC2 users provided by Compulab
deb http://fit-pc2.com/download/ubuntu/dists/jaunty binary/
deb-src http://fit-pc2.com/download/ubuntu/dists/jaunty source/
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install linux-doc linux-headers-2.6.28-34-fitpc2 linux-image-2.6.28-34-fitpc2 linux-libc-dev linux-source
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sudo apt-get install libdrm-poulsbo1 libdrm-poulsbo1-dbg libdrm-poulsbo-dev xpsb-glx psb-firmware xserver-xorg-video-psb libva1 libva-dev
- Install mplayer-vaapi, widely used mplayer with video acceleration features:
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sudo apt-get install mplayer-vaapi mplayer-skin-blue
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sudo apt-get purge linux-image-generic linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-$(uname -r) linux-headers-$(uname -r) linux-restricted-modules-generic
Enjoy!