How to Install the HP Mobile Experience Interface On Non-HP Computers
Earlier we covered the new, shiny GUI for Ubuntu that HP started shipping with the new Mini Mi netbook. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t take long for jealous, non-HP Ubuntu users to figure out how to install the HP Mobile Experience Interface on their own computers. Basically, by following some simple steps, you can download the themes directly from the HP Mini repository. User Wildcare posted in a thread over on the Ubuntu Forums the following instructions:
“Open your browser of choice and go to http://hpmini.archive.canonical.com/…/hardy-hpmini/
This should give you links to click on; click on Universe and then Binary-lpia. In here, save the glassy-bleu-browser-skin_0.5_all.deb , glassy-bleu-theme_21_all.deb , and gnome-backgrounds-hp_0.4_all.deb files. Just save these to your Desktop. As these are compiled with “all” rather than “lpia”, these should be global files that will work for 386 or 64-bit distros. Click on the files on your desktop and Package Installer should handle the rest.*
Presumably, you could go into the main, restricted, or multiverse folders and do the same thing for any .deb files that do not have lpia in their name and have them work on your distro.”
If you want to install the HP Launcher as well, you will need to do a little more work. Fortunatley, another savy user has a step-by-step guide here.
As always, make sure to read the entire thread before undertaking this mission – some users have reported problems after installing.
We’d love to hear from you in our comments area if you get it up and running!
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