We’ll between updates in parallels my Ubuntu 7.10 which was a upgrade from 7.04 quit working so I decided to start off fresh.  After a few problems I believe I’ve come up with a doable combo.  Personally this should just work and the Parallels guys need to get their act together with Linux support.  Fortunately I’m a tolerant person and like the challenge of getting something working.  Using the 7.10 i386 desktop ISO file I selected safe graphics mode.  Another option may be a text based installer on the alternate cd, but so far safe graphics is working.  One problem will be that the main screen will freeze.  No big problem.  Hit ctrl+alt+f1 and hit enter and you have a prompt.

type: startx

Eventually the desktop will pop up.  Start the installer and it should finish after you answer all the questions.

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I’d like to appeal to the Ubuntu(Xbuntu) community today. With news that Intel has defected from the $100 laptop for every child organization, and apparently did everything to thwart it in it’s own interests, we could do better by developing a highly supported reference distro for low powered devices like the XO, internet tablets and such. Ubuntu is an organization uniquely situated to bring forth the kind of open source and professional resources needed to benefit this project and spread Linux to needy children all over the world. Intel and Microsoft are clearly scared of the spreading influence of the OLPC program as seen that their only desire was to introduce their “Classmate” which was powered by Windows. Kids and poor countries would benefit more to have a Linux based computer and systems to learn to use and build around than an Wintel based system that they might likely spend more time fixing and defending against all the little issues that come about because of Windows itself. The Ubuntu community has been great at building a distribution that “Just Works” and to see a focus on the smaller devices out there would greatly benefit everyone involved.

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