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Using Ubuntu – Part 1: Intro, Interface, and Codecs

The first in a series of videos introducing Ubuntu 10.10 as a viable alternative as an everyday OS. In this part, I introduce the operating system, give some pointers on the interface, and how to get the system set up for sound/video and the web.

MK802 $74 Mini PC running Ubuntu 10.04 Linux

Here is some cool stuff. Here is Ubunutu running on 512MB ram on a mini PC.

liliputing.com The MK802 is a tiny PC with an Allwinner A10 CPU, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, a mini HDMI port, mini USB port, and full-sized USB port. It also has a microSDHC card slot — and this video shows that while the device ships with Android 4.0 you can load an alternate operating system on a memory card and boot from it. This is a pre-compiled Ubuntu 10.04 Linux image.