On last friday, finally a got to buy a notebook (laptop) I call it Ghanima (from Frank Herbert’s Dune Novel) [1]
She is a Compaq Presario F754
Specs:
- AMD Semprom 3600+
- 1Gb RAM
- 120Gb HD
- Nvidia Graphics
- Integrated Webcam
- Black Elegant Case
- No Windows Vista sticker on it, from factory
The Salesman also included a Logitech V220 Cordless mouse , 4Gb Kingston flash drive and a Backpak for it.
The first thing that I did was brand it with ubuntu sticker and then install Hardy, It work well except by the Nvidia Driver and Wireless (Atheros). Envy (thanks Alberto Milone) make a really got job finding out the perfect driver for my Nivida graphics and ndiswrapper (thanks ndiswrapper team)help me with the Wireless.
Well After a couple of days i finally customized like i want see the results
[Theme: Murrina Dark]
She will be my companion on all events to come
[1]Ghanima means in Fremen tongue : “something acquired in battle”. I like it because I really battle a lot for it
Nice wallpaper…
Can I find the wallpaper in the internet?
Where do you have it from?
Comentario por Nico — Junio 24, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
Ghanima is actually an Arabic word and is found in the Quran. The words true meaning appears to be very similar as Herbert used it. I am a Dune fan as well and only recently made the connection as to how much of Herbert’s Dune universe comes from Arabic/Islamic sources.
More info on Ghanima: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khums
Comentario por CavalierBob — Junio 24, 2008 @ 11:42 pm
Hola, tenemos la misma laptop.
Instalé Ubuntu 8.04 (amd64) y aunque logré instalar la tarjeta inalámbrica gracias a ndiswrapper, esta se desactiva cada vez que reinicio el sistema. Incluso es realmente dificil establecer una conexión.
Presumo que tú instalaste Ubuntu 8.04 (i386), si es así, ¿podrías contarme tu experiencia con la escurridiza tarjeta?.
Comentario por Popoi — Junio 25, 2008 @ 1:17 am
Your screenshot looks very nice. Can you tell us the name of the theme you use? Thanks a lot.
Comentario por David g — Junio 25, 2008 @ 10:56 am
hey! always nice to see Terminator in screenshots
Comentario por Chris Jones — Junio 25, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
Ghanima ftw
Comentario por Steve — Junio 25, 2008 @ 6:55 pm
Why do I keep reading this post over and over again? I believe there is something wrong with the feed present on planet.ubuntu.com.
Comentario por Tiago — Junio 26, 2008 @ 12:55 am
Please stop your planet.u.c climbing.
Comentario por Emanuele Gentili — Junio 26, 2008 @ 2:37 am
[...] Garrido: Welcome Ghanima – My Own, precious… Notebook. Michael got a very nice little notebook from Compaq and he has some pics to show it off. [...]
Pingback por Peng’s links for Thursday, 26 June « I’m Just an Avatar — Junio 26, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
nice bravo……viva ubuntu
Comentario por nasrullah — Junio 26, 2008 @ 6:51 pm
Nice! Congrats for the new Ubuntu machine…
p.s.:
And “ġanīmat” means as you say “something acquired in battle”.
Ghanima is actually an Arabic originated word (dated back to 14th century). Derived from “ġanam” which means commodity, estate or “sheep”
Comentario por Kemal — Junio 28, 2008 @ 3:06 am