I've been using an eee box for three months as a desktop at home. Happy to recommend it. Using the default Xandros is a bit heavy weight for the power limitations, so I'm about to install Xubuntu which should make for a snappier experience if the live CD is anything to go by.
I especially like the way I can mount the unit on the back of the monitor. All very nice and tidy. 19" monitor at 1400 something works fine.All other peripherals work out of the box, so to speak. It's no power machine, but handles all the day to day stuff quite happily. - David On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Linux on Back2Go <[email protected]>wrote: > Keyboard, mouse just go. > External monitor runs up to 1024 X 768 on my 701 but I have to reset the > resolution from auto to manual for that each time I boot it, on the original > software > > > > Roy Britten wrote: > >> This morning either my monitor died or something has gone sad in the >> video hardware (weird on-mobo stuff). I currently have a black screen. >> >> Should it be a mobo issue I'll replace the whole desktop box with >> something appropriate. I'm dithering between something cheap and >> large, or slightly more expensive and terribly compact (in the eee >> line) with an external keyboard and monitor for desktop use. >> >> Leaving aside the practicalities of raw computational power, can those >> with experience running Linux on the newer small form-factor netbook >> thingies advise on how readily they accept external keyboard input and >> (full-resolution) monitor output? >> >> Thanks, >> Roy. >> >> >> >> > >
