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		<title>You&#8217;re just too new to be GNU</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gianf:)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(But) I can&#8217;t take my ubuntu off of you! :) This post is the description of my adventures during and after the buying of the laptop. Maybe my findings could be useful to someone else. For quite some month I was looking online to identify a new laptop to buy. One day I went to]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>(But) I can&#8217;t take my ubuntu off of you!</em> :)</p>
<p>This post is the description of my adventures during and after the buying of the laptop. Maybe my findings could be useful to someone else.</p>
<p>For quite some month I was looking online to identify a new laptop to buy. One day I went to a shop and end up with the choice between a Lenovo X301 and a Sony Vaio Z.<br />
I was more impressed by the Sony, so I bought the super new Vaio <a href="http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&amp;storeId=10151&amp;langId=-1&amp;categoryId=8198552921644570897&amp;parentCategoryId=16154">VPCZ11Z9E</a>.<br />

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<p>I wanted to buy it <em>without</em> the Redmond closed source operating system but unfortunately there was nothing to do with the shop guy. They sell it with that OS. Period.</p>
<p>One more requirement for me was to have OS, manuals, keyboard and everything else in English. Although at the moment I&#8217;m based in Germany, I&#8217;m not German.</p>
<p>Unfortunately it turned out that even the software to initialize my laptop (OS installation, drivers, etc.) is in German (of course) but thanks to their kindness they provided me an &#8220;English&#8221; version of the OS. I double quoted English because they told me that they have an utility that simply translate the German text to English (?). Unfortunately what comes before the OS loading is still in German.<br />
<em>Edit: I took the laptop once again at the shop and they put everything in English, even the recovery partition. Hurra&#8217;! :)</em></p>
<p>I thought to put <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a> Lucid Lynx into an usb key and play with it for a while. Then, after solving at least the most important issue, I would install it on the HD.</p>
<p>To create the Ubuntu bootable usb key, I used <a href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/">Universal USB Installer</a> with the useful <em>Persistence</em> feature.</p>
<p>Findings:</p>
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<li><del datetime="2010-07-02T21:53:30+00:00">touchpad not working</del> -> <em>solved!</em></li>
<li>brightness keys not working</li>
<li>ambient light sensor not working</li>
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<p><strong>Touchpad not working</strong><br />
Solving the touchpad issue was easy.<br />
A simple search on internet revealed that it&#8217;s enough to simply insert in the kernel parameter:</p>
<pre>i8042.nopnp</pre>
<p><em>To be continued</em></p>
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		<title>E&#8230; e&#8230; e&#8230; mozioooni!</title>
		<link>http://www.gianfrancopellegrino.com/2008/03/26/e-e-e-mozioooni/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gianf:)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ebbene si, alla fine l&#8217;ho preso. Volevo informarmi per bene circa i modelli, le caratteristiche, ecc. ecc. Invece la “scelta” dell&#8217;eeepc 4GB è stata fatta semplicemente perché era l&#8217;unico che era rimasto in magazzino, al centro commerciale di Ragusa, dove ho trascorso le vacanze pasquali e non mi andava di rimandare l&#8217;acquisto. Adesso sto in]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ebbene si, alla fine <a href="http://www.gianfrancopellegrino.com/2008/02/02/tu-chiamale-se-vuoi-eeemozioni/">l&#8217;ho preso</a>.</p>
<p>Volevo informarmi per bene circa i modelli, le caratteristiche, ecc. ecc.<br />
Invece la “scelta” dell&#8217;eeepc 4GB è stata fatta semplicemente perché era l&#8217;unico che era rimasto in magazzino, al centro commerciale di Ragusa, dove ho trascorso le vacanze pasquali e non mi andava di rimandare l&#8217;acquisto.</p>
<p>Adesso sto in mezzo alle nuvole tra Catania e Roma a scrivere questo post e le prime impressioni.</p>
<p>Chiaramente da questo giocattolino non ci si può aspettare potenza. Ha ragione d&#8217;esistere se si vuole avere un dispositivo sempre appresso, leggero, con una buona autonomia d&#8217;alimentazione.</p>
<p>La tastiera è veramente piccola e all&#8217;inizio bisogna fare attenzione per non sbagliare tasti o premerne magari due.</p>
<p>Lo schermo è decisamente piccolo ed è un peccato che in uno chassis da 9 pollici ci sia uno schermo da 7, anche se è stato fatto per contenere anche le due casse laterali e la webcam in alto.</p>
<p>Il touchpad è piccolino, secondo me avrebbero potuto anche mettere lo stick in mezzo alla tastiera tra i caratteri G e H che per me è più comodo.</p>
<p>Il sistema operativo preinstallato è lo xandros, molto semplice e con un bel po&#8217; di applicativi a corredo (openoffice, firefox, skype, ecc.). Penso di sostituirlo con l&#8217;eeexubuntu. Adesso faccio una full immersion di forum, articoli, ecc. e poi comincio con l&#8217;opera di customizzazione.</p>
<p>Ah! Che bello il mio &#8220;new toy&#8221; come dice Katja! :)</p>
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		<title>Lo gnu, il pinguino e il cerbiatto esuberante!</title>
		<link>http://www.gianfrancopellegrino.com/2007/12/04/lo-gnu-il-pinguino-e-il-cerbiatto-esuberante/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gianf:)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grazie a affogandonellagranderete.blogspot.com ho scoperto questo video simpatico e divulgativo.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grazie a <a href="http://affogandonellagranderete.blogspot.com">affogandonellagranderete.blogspot.com</a> ho scoperto questo video simpatico e divulgativo.</p>
<p><a href="//rtsp-youtube.l.google.com/video.3gp?app=blogger&amp;fmt=13&amp;cid=dca60a92cbc3ee5"></a></p>
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