Installing Ubuntu from a single USB drive is easy. This guide details the steps to get this great OS onto your UMPC with little effort.

Requirements for guide:

• Latest version of Syslinux
• Ubuntu or Variant of choice
• USB Flash drive/thumb stick with enough storage for files

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At the beginning of the week Ubuntu announced that it will be demonstrating a reworked desktop version of Ubuntu built specifically for a new category of portable notebooks. These affordable UMPC’s are expanding and evolving for the best.

Ryan Paul from Ars Technica did some hands on testing with the latest test build and expressed his thoughts on the current state.

With further development it’s looking to be a great addition to the Ubuntu range.

Press release: Source: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/netbook-remix
Product page: http://www.canonical.com/netbooks
Screenshots: http://flickr.com/photos/njpatel/2548177767/

With the news revolving around Ubuntu mobile a lot of people are very happy to see this project expanding to a range of devices.

Ubuntu Mobile is an Ubuntu edition that targets an exciting new class of computers called Mobile Internet Devices.
Ubuntu Mobile, based on the world’s most popular Linux distribution, and MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs, are redefining what can be done in mobile computing.

Ubuntu Mobile, a fully open source project, gives full Internet, with no compromise. Custom options may include licensed codecs and popular third-party applications.

• Full Web 2.0/AJAX fidelity, with custom options of Adobe Flash®, Java, and more
• Outstanding media playback so you can enjoy videos, music and photos with superior quality and easy navigation
• A suite of applications that work seamlessly to meet every need of a digital parent, student or anyone who is on-the-go
• Facebook®, MySpace®, YouTube®, Dailymotion®, 3D games, GPS, maps, in short, the full Web 2.0 experience delivered into your hands as a compact and powerful device that’s easy and fun to use

The product of Canonical collaboration with Intel® and the open source community, Ubuntu Mobile is the software that makes it all possible.

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