On Mon, 2008-04-07 at 16:46 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > I expect this has been covered before, but people undoubtedly have more > experience with it now, and it won't hurt to discuss it again.
I've been using one for about 3 months. Guess that makes me experienced. > What variety of Linux is installed on the EeePC? Does it bear any > relationship to Debian? The OS is Xandros. It is related to Debian. I didn't like it (personal reasons) so I installed eeeXubuntu on it: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home#detailed_usb_installer_instructions > Have people been using Debian with/on the Asus EeePC? What issues have > come up? Is installing it easy, hard? Installation was easy. No issues. > How is the experience? The machine has replaced my Palm PDA and my desktop. The keyboard is cramped and the LCD resolution is quite low. However, when on the go, both are acceptable. At home, I connect the machine to a USB keyboard and an old CRT monitor (PanaSync/Pro P50 that just "worked" when it was plugged into the machine). > Would a $400 budget laptop from Acer or somebody > be a better choice? It depends on what you want to do with the machine. The eeePc is "low resource" (900 MHz CPU, 2 Gb max of RAM and a max of 4 Gb of "drive space" on the SD card). On the other hand, it has no hard drive, is very small and light and therefore easy to carry around. > Is the SSD on the basic/original model adequate? My installation takes up about 2 Gb. Lots of space left over on the card. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
