Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 – gold?

Yes it’s gold – get it here

Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 went gold on the 5th of September.
This news was only published on ubuntu-eee.com, not on this blog. This made several people confused about if the second release candidate was the same as the final release or …

Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 RC2 = Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 final release

However, there was a problem with the first thousand downloaded versions, where you couldn’t upgrade nor install software. Here’s the fix.

Popularity: 80% [?]

Related posts:

  1. The road from Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 RC to GOLD
  2. Ubuntu Eee’s new name!
  3. What to expect of Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1
  4. Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 release – live – Day 2
  5. Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 RC2

September 11th, 2008 | EasyPeasy

38 comments

Daniel & AL, thanks for wanting to help out! Make a post on the forum saying you want to contribute to the wiki, and I’ll get in touch with you :) http://forums.ubuntu-eee.com/ There’s a forum and other ways of getting help, please take a look here: http://forums.ubuntu-eee.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4

Mick McConway, Thanks for you donation :D You can follow your money here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pG21zI6cnTs10HvrnvBy8Aw

Comment by Jon Ramvi — December 1, 2008 @ 12:52 am

All it is, is Ubuntu Netbook Remix with different theme’s.

Comment by Devlin — November 21, 2008 @ 1:58 am

Hello,
I am trying to get a new portable and the EEE PC is a very good portable and I like ubuntu. I will use the portable to programing stuff (php, XAMP, etc). Is ubuntu eee suporting that?
Is EEE PC suporting ubuntu distribution (no ubuntu eee)?
thanks
Omar

Comment by Omar — November 15, 2008 @ 9:24 pm

Hi Jon
thank for visiting my blog.
I was using ubuntu eee version on my eeepc.
I don’t have eeepc anymore but still using ubuntu on my desktop.

Comment by Nayan — November 11, 2008 @ 4:59 pm

Having tried a number of other, eee customised distros, this looks the most promising yet. Would be nice to get some of the wrinkles ironed out, such as volume control working from keys,and minmising ssd writes as part of install. Can’t wait for next release!

Comment by Paul Young — November 3, 2008 @ 2:49 pm

(if doit on VMWare) busybox too…
md5 OK!

Comment by polter — October 12, 2008 @ 10:24 am

For me a huge problem! At attempt to install ubuntu on mine asus eee 900, have clear bysybox (no errors). I use installation with flash disk drive, all has carried out according to the instruction!

Comment by Polter — October 12, 2008 @ 10:11 am

Hi, The eee-ubuntu is awesome, but I cannot figure out how to play *.mkv videos. Can you help me for that problem? Thank you!

Comment by Huan Mo — October 7, 2008 @ 3:00 am

Hi! I have an Asus EEE PC 900 and I installed Ubuntu EEE on it. Actually I have a problem, my webcam doesn’t work properly. Each time I try to use it with my contacts, it causes crashes on other people’s MSN. It does not work neither with aMsn or with Skype. Do You know what should I do? Thanks

Comment by Roberta — October 3, 2008 @ 12:09 am

Hi Jon,
I have problem with cutting page as you can see in this screenshot http://i38.tinypic.com/2qamtdf.jpg I cannot see whole page on left side. It not only happen on your web but also on some other web.

I am using ubuntu eee on my eeepc 701 4G

Comment by Nayan — September 28, 2008 @ 3:13 am

GREAT!!! Thanks for your work, from Italy!

Comment by Homitsu — September 26, 2008 @ 11:12 pm

Jon, you were right, there’s more under the hood in 8.04.1 than NBR. I gathered a bit of courage yesterday and installed the new version. What a great surprise: wi-fi, shutdown, reduced boot time… it was all there! Great!

There are still a few glitches that are annoying me, though. Fn + Volume keys don’t work (even though OSD appears). Fn + F2 doesn’t turn wi-fi antenna off. Ordinary solutions in wiki.eeeuser.com don’t work (except for automounting the SD, that didn’t work out-of-the box). Also, mic doesn’t seem not to work either.

Other than that, it does run better than original Ubuntu EEE, as you said back there. It actually seems more like an actual Ubuntu install: localisation is great (in 8.04 OpenOffice’s interface didn’t automatically went to Brazilian Portuguese, and dictionaries had to be manually installed), boot time is decent (45s sharp here), etc.

By the way, you should take a look at http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/whats-new-in-ubuntu-810/. Those guys point out to a repository carrying the brand-new Ubuntu network tool, which has support for GSM (GPRS and 3G) internet connection. I tested it in 8.04 and it worked smoothly, although it doesn’t anymore in 8.04.1 (but I can’t blame Ubuntu EEE yet, my cell phone operator is moody).

Cheers from Belém, Brazil, in the mouth of the Amazon! Keep up the great job!

Comment by Breno Peck — September 24, 2008 @ 4:51 am

Great job on the design of this version of ubuntu. 8.0.4.1 runs great on my 700 using the live cd, however I’m having trouble installing it on my 2g surf – install gives me a not enough disk space error about 3/4 of the way into the install – any suggestions?

Comment by Sean — September 20, 2008 @ 4:33 am

[...] As announced last week, the Ubuntu Eee project (which, by the way, is about to be renamed too) has published its first official release designed for the ASUS Eee PC and incorporating Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a specially designed user [...]

Pingback by Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 | Basbag.com — September 19, 2008 @ 4:10 pm

Hi I installed ubuntu eee 8.04.1 on my eee pc 701, everything works fine except for the microphone. It’s enables in the bios. this error comes up when I cick on sound recorder. Also the wifi led doesn’t turn off if I disable it. Could you help?

Comment by gavin — September 17, 2008 @ 11:18 am

– FOLLOWING TO Comment by Anonymous — September 17, 2008 @ 8:14 am –

I got webcam working by enabling it from BIOS. WLAN was already enabled. So at now my WLAN card isnt recognised by ubuntu-eee-8.04.1. I have an ASUS 900 bought in Italy. Thanks for any help

Comment by fromluxembourg — September 17, 2008 @ 10:25 am

Hello guys. I just installed Gold 8.04.1. It looks pretty stable and I like it. But at now I have 1) no wifi 2) no webcam 3) neither switch screen working. Any idea?
(downloaded from http://ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=Get_Ubuntu_Eee)

Comment by Anonymous — September 17, 2008 @ 8:14 am

God, Ubuntu-eee is good! With the RC2 installed my PC900 is transformed into a little gem. Many thanks to Jon & all involved in its development.
Having just become a pensioner(!!!)I don’t have much spare, but when I get a few coins together I’ll be happy to make a donation. (I bet you hear that from all the old guys!!!)
Be lucky
Mick

Comment by Mick McConway — September 16, 2008 @ 2:20 pm

It is just IMPOSSIBLE to get ~five of the torrent’s chunks correctly. I download those last chunks, my transmission says everything is ok and download finished, but I get the md5 from the .iso and it is all different from the one in the wiki. I then ask transmission to verify the data, and it starts downloading the last chunks again. This just happened me over and over again. Very frustrating.

And that’s enough to make unetbootin not work correctly and if you do the manual way, you’ll get filled by random errors.

Comment by Vexorian — September 15, 2008 @ 6:32 am

Quote “3. Well, the Wiki… it seems to be a little bit old. For example the article to autoconfig the EeePC with script, I don’t know whether this is still for the 8.04.1 or not, I don’t want to destroy my system…
I would love to help you by writing good articles, but I have no information about anything.

4. Is there something like.. a forum, irc channel, mailing list or so to ask for help? I couldn’t find something yet (or I’m to stupid to find it).

Thanks for your great work so far”

I HIGHLY CONCURR on ALL of his Points and hope John has a moment to read them

Comment by AL — September 14, 2008 @ 12:05 pm

jon I read the whole website, but I didn’t understand if the latest linair (I hope) release support eeepc 904hd
thanks

Comment by nicola — September 14, 2008 @ 11:52 am

If you’re experiencing problems, please try asking over at http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-eee

Helge Olsen, I’m sorry, but there is no upgrade option as of yet. We will try to get one with the 8.10 release.

Michael McConway, what?! No, that can’t be. Sucky virus applications..

Al, 1. Great :) 2. Yup 3. Should be working.. Please report bug. 4. Thanks!

Breno Peck, are your questions in comparison to 8.04 or 8.04.1 development snapshots. 8.04.1 boots faster than 8.04. Wifi works out of the box. Suspending works. Mounting SD after suspend should be working. Camera is working. Mic is working on some Eee versions. There’s a lot more under the hood than just netbook remix. Please take a look at http://www.jonramvi.com/what-to-expect-of-ubuntu-eee-8041/

Comment by Jon Ramvi — September 13, 2008 @ 4:17 pm

Walter A. Lehmberg, please take a look at http://www.jonramvi.com/what-to-expect-of-ubuntu-eee-8041/
or http://ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=Changelog#Ubuntu_Eee_8.04.1

Comment by Jon Ramvi — September 13, 2008 @ 4:01 pm

I installed a prior version of 8.04 and it works fine. Is there any reason I should upgrade to “Gold.” A list of advantages over the old install would be helpful so that people like me could make an informed decision.

Comment by Walter A. Lehmberg — September 13, 2008 @ 2:06 pm

Hi there,

I installed it yesterday on my EeePC 4G and I admit that I am really amazed what you’ve done.

Just some questions and I think some of them were already mentioned here:

1. What about Webcam and Audio? The Microphone doesn’t work and the Webcam neither.
Also, it resets the volume to full every restart what is not too usefull if the speaker blow everything away with the log-in screen sound… ;)

2. Is it correct that the PPA from the netbook remix team is not included in the sources.list? There is another package archive which is not in the standard Ubuntu, is that yours to give us updates?

3. Well, the Wiki… it seems to be a little bit old. For example the article to autoconfig the EeePC with script, I don’t know whether this is still for the 8.04.1 or not, I don’t want to destroy my system…
I would love to help you by writing good articles, but I have no information about anything.

4. Is there something like.. a forum, irc channel, mailing list or so to ask for help? I couldn’t find something yet (or I’m to stupid to find it).

Thanks for your great work so far!

Daniel

Comment by Daniel — September 13, 2008 @ 9:46 am

WIRELESS works out of the box

Just confirmed it works on SECURED as well as OPEN Wifi

Comment by Anonymous — September 13, 2008 @ 3:55 am

So, how good is the Gold release running? Did boot time improve? Does wi-fi work out-of-the-box? What about suspending? And mounting SD and USB after suspend? How about camera and microphone?

If the only thing improved was Netbook Remix… well, I’ve already got it running under 8.04, so there would be no need to upgrade.

Comment by Breno Peck — September 13, 2008 @ 2:06 am

Just loaded and ran on 901.

- WIRELESS appears to WORK !?

- Does the Documentation on page http://ubuntu-eee.com/index.php5?title=EeePC_901

need to be updated ??

- The Shutdown still does Not work, so maybe it would be good it the Doc was updated to more accurately reflect what DOES and what DOES NOT work ?

- It looks WONDERFUL and runs quite well from cheap USB stick

Comment by Al — September 12, 2008 @ 10:13 pm

I downloaded the latest torrent version last night on to my windows desktop (i’m new and am using my eeepc 900 to learn about Linux). When unziping the folder my version of Avast reported a Trojan Virus! Is this likely?

Comment by Michael McConway — September 12, 2008 @ 3:47 pm

Downloaded from sourceforge.
Used unetbootin to create a bootable USB stick.
Booted form USB.
Benn dropped to BusyBox kernel (initramfs). Stuck there.

You described something similar here:
http://www.jonramvi.com/ubuntu-eee-8041-release-live-hour-by-hour/

Hardware: EEE 900A, right out of the box.

Comment by Frank — September 12, 2008 @ 9:52 am

Sonat:

I have the exact same problems.

Comment by Andy — September 11, 2008 @ 10:08 pm

I installed the final release. Nothing seems to work! Webcam, microphone, Internet connection… The sound recorder would not even start. Same problems after second download+installation. Am I doing something wrong?!
(I am using an EEE 4G.)

Comment by Sonat — September 11, 2008 @ 9:36 pm

Why no upgrade path? I have installed and tweaked quite a few things on the system level after installing 8.04 and would like to keep them rather than have to redo them. Will there be an upgrade option or will I have to do my work twice?
Thank you so much for your work, it has really made my eee usable :)

Kind regards
Helge Olsen

Comment by Helge Olsen — September 11, 2008 @ 8:31 pm

Sonat , they’re exactly the same. I don’t know why the megabyte is different. Must be different ways for calculating (like when you view properties in Windows it says: Size and Size on disk)

Comment by Jon Ramvi — September 11, 2008 @ 8:11 pm

Hi,
It seems that the file on SourceForge is of size 623MB but the torrent version is smaller, namely 606MB. Why is there a difference? I can only use the direct download.

By the way, thanks for your effort.

Comment by Sonat — September 11, 2008 @ 5:37 pm

Thank you, Ramvi! Looking foroward to start using it! :-)

Comment by Asle Ommundsen — September 11, 2008 @ 4:06 pm

Asle Ommundsen, it’s the latest version including the fix :)

Comment by Jon Ramvi — September 11, 2008 @ 3:47 pm

I downloaded Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 yesterday, and the size of the ISO is 606 MB 606 MB (636 160 000 byte) — is this version affected with the problem, or is it the latest version including the fix?

I just want to be 100% sure. Thank you!

Comment by Asle Ommundsen — September 11, 2008 @ 3:28 pm

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