James, I did try that version of Ubuntu, but the 700's internal drive is too small, and running it from a card in the slot was just far too slow. And, without a network connection for it, installing the additional packages needed for MP3 playback was fiddly.
So, sadly, I was a Linux user but I have reverted to Windows XP. Apologies to Dave Crossland. There was a handy guide to doing it, which would have been easy once I used a non-network drive to do it, and stood over it and press escape when it booted each time! http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html I agree that the machine would be terrible as a main computer if you need screen real-estate and storage, but as for chucking in a backpack or carrying around to read the Guardian as PDFs on a bus, it's just perfect. I have to say that a proper install of Windows XP on it, it seems to fly more than it did with Linux. I suspect that - and it pains me to say this - Linux is a fine server OS, but it sucks as a desktop. But I have always though that X-Windows sucks. It seems that Apple had the right idea. Keep the OS for disk, network and I/O and build a PROPER desktop interface on top of it. If only I had the time, I would do it myself... perhaps we can all do a new backstage.bbc.co.uk OS... any takers? On 24/04/2008, James Cridland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...as an aside, I have had an Asus Eee for a while (the 4G one). > > I've put Ubuntu Hardy Heron on it, and (after a few tweaks) it works > really, really well. > > My tweaks are documented on the wiki: > http://wiki.eeeuser.com/getting_ubuntu_8.04_to_work_perfectly > > It isn't my default computer - the screen's just a bit too small - but > it's the machine I carry everywhere with me to make notes (thanks to the > delight of tiddlywiki at the moment, though I'm thinking about a change to > Tomboy Notes.) > > That makes me Linux user 601, I believe. ;) > > j > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
