[hblug] eeepc

[Tony Hughes]

Fraser Burns wrote:
> Hey you "guys",
> those of you who didn't make it tonight missed out on a real treat to 
> see Tony's new eeepc.
>
> I hadn't seen such a tiny machine with some much capability. And it 
> came of the box running Linux already. No question that the 
> manufacturer has done some customising on appearance. It has 
> definitely been set-up for non-nerds. If Tony hadn't said it was 
> running Linux, I might have gone all evening without realising. The 
> response, and look and feel was great. Instead of menu systems to 
> contend with there was just a batch of about a dozen large icons that 
> filled the screen listing all the likely things that people want to do 
> eg mail, surf, play music etc. Then if you want to be a nerd you had 
> to go in an bring up a more typical Linux menu system in behind.
>
> In all - Tony is lucky that it was just a little too big for me to 
> slip into my pocket - but only just too big.
>
> Thanks Tony,
>
> And Bill had some interesting puzzles with his machine. From spyware 
> tying the machine up, to changing partitions and a CD that locked up.
> regards
> Fraser
>
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Yeah, its a great unit. I am finding Xubuntu fast and worthwhile on the 
SD, and keeping the default easymode xandros on the SSD for my non geek 
partner.

This device is great for keeping in the lounge as a browser/email 
machine in the evenings, and it still turns heads and draws conversation 
from geeks and non-geeks alike.

OOo is coming in at 327KBps at the moment - not bad for a Go Large plan!

Hmmm today is not Saturday, so tomorrow is not Sunday - I better catch 
some Z's

Cheers
Tony

I am just installing Evolution and OOo at the moment, and got aMSN 
working great (Pidgin is nice, but I use webcam a lot). Having some 
problems with DNS settings - Xubuntu wont pick up DNS from my router 
(but Xandros, Ubuntu, Fedora and Xp/Vista do it just fine). I manually 
enter DNS, and save as a location setting in networking, but it still 
seems to get dropped on reboot.