Thought it would be worthwhile putting up a post for the benefit of those who have got a new Elonex One T or CnM Minibook for Christmas and are looking for help.
Owing to the CPU chip used in these laptops, Linux distributions and software designed for the more ‘normal’ X86-based processors will not work, however, help is at hand…
In addition to the manufacturers websites, you might like to have a look at the following:
http://www.littlelinuxlaptop.com – This describes itself as the “ultimate unofficial free software and modding resource site” for these laptops. Have a look here if you are after more software, or want to get deeper into the Linux operating system. There is also a fair bit of other useful background information regarding the laptops on here, and useful links to other resources.
If you’ve just got the laptop out of the box, performing a software update using the inbuilt software updater is a good idea. This resolves a few glitches including some issues with the wireless function. It may be necessary to connect directly to your router using a cable to do this first time.
Other specific help you might be looking for:
Games: In addition to the games that can be directly installed to the laptop, users have found that you can play flash games (see this forum post), which opens up massive possibilites for widening the scope of use for these laptops, such as running flash presentations from other software like Openoffice.org. Alternatively, Firefox game add-ons can be installed (see this forum post), as the in-built browser ‘Bon-Echo’ is related to an older version of Firefox.
YouTube: Try this from the CnM site
The Small Linux Laptop Forum is an unofficial community forum for users of Elonex One / One T, CnM Minibook and other related mini laptops. Much useful information and problem-solving can be found here.
If you are trying to do something, have a search of the forum – quite often the problem you are encountering has been solved by someone else before. If you can’t find anything, submit a well structured post giving as much information as you can about the problem, including things you have tried already. They are a friendly and helpful bunch. Try and return the favour at some point by helping someone else – or if you work out the problem for yourself, post a ‘How-To’ within the relevant board.
