HP Mini 1000: “Upgrade MiE to Ubuntu 8.10?”
by SLeepdepD on Feb.27, 2009, under Technology
Me to HP:
I’ve noticed the MiE OS is built on Ubuntu 8.04. Are there plans to upgrade it to 8.10? If not, what about plans to upgrade Firefox from 3.04 to 3.06?
HP to Me:
Hello SLeepdepD,
Thank you for contacting HP Total Care.
I gather from your email that you would like to know whether there are any upgrade plans from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 and Firefox from 3.04 to 3.06.
I also see that you are unable to configure your email account and the screen says “Mail – Not Configured” even though you have configured it.
SLeepdepD, regarding the issue with configuring the email account on your netbook, I request you to give us some time so that we will try to configure the email account in our lab systems and will get back to you with the next steps.
I would like to inform you that currently there are no upgrade plans to upgrade Ubuntu or Firefox in (MIE) Mobile Internet Experience.
If you need further assistance, please reply to this message and we will be happy to assist you further.
For information on keeping your HP and Compaq products up and running, please visit our Web site
at:
http://www.hp.com/go/totalcareSincerely,
Debbie HP Total Care
March 9th, 2009 on 4:34 PM
[Update]: A few days after their response, the version of Firefox in their repositories was updated to 3.0.6. …now I’m wondering how long 3.0.7 will take!
March 30th, 2009 on 1:10 PM
Now we need FF updated to 3.0.8…
March 30th, 2009 on 1:38 PM
lol… I’m still waiting for .7
April 7th, 2009 on 6:26 PM
FF was upgraded to 3.0.8
April 7th, 2009 on 10:30 PM
lol… Not on my HP netbook it wasn’t.
May 18th, 2009 on 10:36 AM
Hey,
My queries to Yahoo Answers led me to your blog.
I find that the questions you have asked very relevant to those I have about my new HP Mini 1000 MiE. It seems that it came with their 3.08 version of its Firefox. I bought the Mini direct from HP about two weeks ago Its Firefox did not work to my liking, among other things. I found that Add-ons were not available. I went to mozilla.com and downloaded Firefox 3.10 for Linux. Most of the Add-ons, especially the really good ones, were available and work just fine.
I am now looking to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu (or other) full-blown version. I
find that the MiE ‘Linux’ is very limited. Please keep me in mind as you discover new things for your Mini. Please feel free to email me directly.
Regards,
Don
May 18th, 2009 on 11:40 AM
Don,
Thanks for stopping by… I just posted an entry about Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix and the HP Mini 1000. Also I have a few other posts about the HP Mini here.