Ive been playing a little with the latest Moblin release this afternoon and Im actually thinking of trying to run it full-time on a netbook. Theres a few holes yet, but it does offers me much of what Im looking for in a smartbook — a lightweight operating system and good browsing experience. My wireless broadband modem isnt working, nor is my sound or my Bluetooth, so theres a few gotchas just yet. The Bluetooth might be easily fixable in my netbook BIOS, but no sound on the Toshiba NB205 is a reported known bug. In this 11 minute video, I think youll see why Im walking away impressed. The user interface is intuitive, although it will take some getting used to, and the overall environment is fluid and snappy. Bear in mind that Im running a live image from a USB drive, so an actual installation should perform even better. Maybe its time to turn the Toshiba into a triple-booter: Windows XP, Windows 7 and Moblin!

NOTE: BOOT FROM USB EVERY TIME BEFORE YOU SEE THE WINDOWS DESKTOP. Also, feel free to drop by the DuncsWeb chat to let us know how you are getting on: duncsweb.com – Here I show you a very easy way to install the Various Versions of Windows on a computer without a CD / DVD Drive, great for netbooks. Again, please dont come to me for support, I didn’t make the program. Make sure you set your computer to boot from the USB Drive in the BIOS, or choose “Boot from USB” in your boot menu (press like F10 or F12 or something). WinToFlash: wintoflash.com

Donate: www.Zhuk.co.uk — Donators — Thank you for donating, if you have recently donated please wait as your name will appear below shortly. Gill Poole – £20 I recently had the Black Screen Of Death so I tried to Flash the BIOS and it worked again! Download the BIOS from: www.acerpanam.com 1: Extract the .ZIP 2: Rename the Bios name from 3309.fd to zg5ia32.fd 3: Copy zg5ia32.fd and Flashit.exe to USB flash drive. 4: A: Make sure the power cable is in! B: The laptop is turned OFF! C: Plug the USB stick in! Press and HOLD down the FN and ESC key TOGETHER Then press the power button, Whilst holding the buttons! Release the power button and continue holding FN and ESC for about 5 seconds. Release the buttons and the power light will start to blink. Let the laptop run and DO NOT press anything This can take upto 7 mins When it’s done the laptop will restart. It should now work This is for the Acer Aspire One netbook laptop.