It lives! Bringing the X1000 back to life...

[kurtmmiller]

I just blew the dust off of my old X1000 (I think it's actually a 1015). I haven't used it in a few years, but I still LOVE this computer! Problem is I stopped using it because it was beginning to have hard drive problems and crash a lot...I backed it up on an external drive and forgot about it. I've got a dinky little netbook now for mobility and would like to bling out the X1000 for my home bound workhorse. First, I'd love to take it all apart and give it a cool paint job...I'd use it mostly for HD graphics programs...building ads & editing HD photos for ads; MS Word/Excel; would be doing lots of large file downloads so a fast wifi would be essential; finally, while I don't do online gaming, I'd like to use it to record as a DVR. I'm not a computer guy, but I am a do it your selfer...does anyone have specs or a do it yourself youtube that would help me turn my old buddy into a hot rod? Thanks in advance for any help.

PS...Any feedback on using Ubuntu on the X1000? I have it on my netbook and another laptop and seem to like it.

[Greenscreener]

I have run Ubuntu on my X1000 before but never got the wireless to work.

[Mr Cin]

I have run Ubuntu on my X1000 before but never got the wireless to work.

I've tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu - I still don't understand the whole updating/installing programs.  Wireless and everything worked OK though - out of the box, including resolution and sound.  This mega-hub for program management idea seems good, but never works in a way that I get.  Windows I get, Linux (and OSX) are a massive mystery to me.

Sorry for those who tried getting WM7 to work with my step-by-step but couldn't.  I guess you have a newer version than the NX7000 I have - probably a need to find other drivers.  Or something.  For the record, the SD card reader remains unreadable.  I never used it back in the day, but now it's standard issue and would be quite useful!  Just waiting for that perfect netbook and I'm upgrading.