Two days ago, I received my very first computer I bought in my life, well actually it’s a netbook, but it’s still a pc right?:D Let me introduce youuuu, Nico-novo!! It’s Lenovo Ideapad s10E. I chose this kick ass netbook after carefull consideration among other options: Dell Mini 9 and HP Mini 1000. So I chose lenovo because:

1. Dell apparently has bad reputation among people I know and dont know. And the spec also not that good. So, sorry Dell.
2. HP Mini was my very first choice. As I wrote in nicokun.wordpress, I really wanted the HP Mini + Ubuntu MIE. But it’s not out yet, I needed to wait till January. And it’s not even a certain if it will be released here in Japan. Then I was thinking of buying the windows version which has been sold. After reading and watching the review, HP Mini’s spec is almost the same with this novo. And people said it even has the best and most comfortable keyboard among netbook. But for me, it has two problems that I dont like. First, the left and right mouse click is located not under the touchpad (which is common), but instead it’s located on the side of the touchpad. I imagined it would be awkward to use it. The second problem is it has no VGA out port. Well it has, but the unordinary one. So you will need an adapter to connect it to a projector or another monitor. I’m not sure if it will be included when we buy the HP Mini, so for those two reasons I didnt choose HP Mini.
3. So Dell and HP are out of option. I checked on Lenovo Ideapad (thanks to irvan again for introducing me with this awsome netbook ). So the spec is generally the same with HP Mini, but the touchpad is normal and it has vga out port! Since I already like the spec, next step is to find out the compability with Ubuntu. And after reading here and there, Ubuntu works out of the box with Lenovo Ideapad! And it’s true! I have proven it. All hardwares are detected and working just fine. And what’s better, this Lenovo has no Windows key on the keyboard!! COOL! AWESOME! It’s not that I hate windows, no it’s not. Come on, let’s just admit it, windows is a cool operating system. Maybe it was the first most userfriendly os ever? But it’s just an operating system. Lately several OSs emerged which also as user friendly as windows, even more. So forcing windows logo in every pc,laptop,or netbook is too much for me. Cause not everybody uses windows

Yesterday I already installed Intrepid Ibex. At first I tried to install opensolaris, cause Irvan asked me if it can be run in Lenovo. But I was having a hardtime. When I tried to install it, suddenly opensolaris asked me to insert username and password to enter the console. What the f**k?? How the hell should I know?? After searching in the internet, I found out the username and password is ‘jack’. What the hell???? Why dont they (whoever made the opensolaris) just remove the username and password so that it will be easier to install it?? Minus one point from opensolaris. Bad first impression. Next since I already entered the console, what to do?Intiutively I just type ’startx’ to start the X environment, which is Gnome for opensolaris (or they said so). That’s when I hit the wall again. It cannot start the X server, bla bla bla. So I just gave up. Not interested in opensolaris anyway.

Then I tried installing Linux Mint 6 cause based on my own experience, Linux Mint Daryna was awsome. But when installing application, I hit the wall again and again. I can install the japanese language support, but I cannot input japanese character easily, I cannot even do it in firefox. I dont know why but everytime I checked the checkbox in Language Support which said Enable Support to Enter Complex Characters, then clicked Apply, the checkbox was unchecked automatically. It’s like preventing me from installing it. Since Mr. Google cannot even help me, I decided to install the original Ibex from the cd I got from Ubuntu.

Woalah, and here it is. Everything’s working just fine. Japanese support, camera, bluetooth, compiz, suspend, 3G modem (emobile) are working.