[NCLUG] Re: Eee PC Xandros

[Bill Thorson]

I've been eeeying the Eee PC since it came out.  Now, with the slightly 
larger screen on the 1000, I am considering getting one.  The 40g ssd is 
probably big enough for what I want to do, however, that new 256g on the 
very near horizon would make it rock.

I switched to Ubuntu about a year ago and this look promising.

 http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/index.php

Bill

Dan Fink wrote:
> I also have an Eee PC, and love it. With a 16 or 32 gig SD card in the 
> slot, there's lots of storage for my highly mobile uses---camping 
> trips to remote areas for photography, RAW photo editing on site, 
> tethered shooting, contact with my servers whilst in strange places.
>
> beww, hopefully you have installed the full Eee Xandros from 
> eeeuser.com? The 'simplified' version that comes installed is really 
> bad. There are software packages in it that are not even accessible. 
> (WTF???)
>
> After the addition of new skins for Thunderbird and Firefox that are 
> designed for the small screen on the Eee, it's quite usable.
>
> Ubuntu should be no problem, there is a special Eee edition of Ubuntu. 
> When I get a break in my schedule here soon, I'm going to try it out.
>
> The Eeeuser.com forums are one of the best and largest online 
> communities I've ever seen. Amazing the hacks people have done to 
> these little machines. Its quite easy, for example, to have multiple 
> bootable SD cards so you can pick your O/S -- including Windows.
> DAN FINK
>
>
>
>
> I just picked up an EeePC 900, but I have to say the Linux install is 
> pretty
> lame, guess I'll load Ubuntu on it.
>
> I can get internet service by tethering to my Blackberry, but that 
> only works
> if I'm running (shudder) Windows.
>
>
> -- beww beww at beww.org
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