I presume you have found this site: http://forum.eeeuser.com/
Full of useful info (and backbiting and sniping). A On Fri, February 13, 2009 10:44, John Carter wrote: > So I could find no Canterbury local meatspace dealer who had one of > these gadgets so I ordered it from Expert Infotech in Auckland. > http://www.einfo.co.nz/ > > > $628 bought me - 1Gb ram, 20Gm flash drive, wireless, bluetooth, > ethernet, usb* 3 > > I ordered it Monday, it arrived in Chch Thursday. > > > Alas, I was _not_ happy with the service from NZCouriers. Despite all > the happy web parcel tracking magic they provide... (like tracert in slow > motion) you really don't want to find an expensive cardboard parcel > abandoned in the rain at your front door! > > Nor, when you open the parcel do you want to find somebody has dropped > it with considerable force. > > Fortunately Asus packed the thing well enough that it looks as if it > survived... although I haven't been able to get the wireless working yet. > > 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. > > > (Hey, apt-get works) > > > It seems to have a 4Gb etx2 root partition and a 16 Gb ext3 "other" > partition and no swap. > > 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... > > I'll tell you more as I find out more about the thing. > > > John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 > Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 > PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [email protected] > New Zealand > > >
