On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, John Carter wrote:
It runs Xandros linux, which seems to be a heavily kludged Debian
distro that someone has tried very very hard to make look like a very
easy to use windowsy type thing for very dumb users.
Those who know me will understand how I felt, and get a good laugh at
my expense, when I found there is no (visible) way of reaching a
command line. (The answer is ctrl-alt-t)
Alas, it doesn't come with synaptic installed.
Actually it _does_ have synaptic, just one of those invisible apps.
(Hey, apt-get works)
Admittedly, until the moment I found apt-get, I was severely (and
still am slightly) tempted to wipe the current distro and install
Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
Now if I can just install sshd so I can administer the thing from my
desktop...
Hokay, Xandros is doomed.... no emacs, not even in the repository.
No sshd, but x11vnc sort of works. Bit unsatisfying, forces you to use
the smaller 1024x600 screen even if you're administering the thing
from a desktop.
John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632
PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [email protected]
New Zealand
