On Jan 19, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Ron Fox wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Jeff Mings wrote:
Many years ago, members of this list used to discuss actual Linux
details rather than more generic organizational matters. A return to
that sort of activity would be good. In that spirit, my notes on the
Asus eee PC after using it for several weeks:
Hi Jeff,
Speaking as one of the members of the HOSEF Board of Directors I
hear your
longing and echo it. There has been some discussion about setting
up a
dedicated list for HOSEF and/or other Linux/FOSS groups to discuss
local
organizational matters, leaving the LUAU list to be the support list
that
made it so popular early on. We'll try to make that happen in the
next
few weeks.
If you're going to continue to host it on HOSEF hardware, you'll have
to get a board vote, likely.
For one, I'm inclined to vote against such a proposal for reasons
which have been detailed in the past.
RE: the ASUS Eee PC, I've been thinking about buying one to use as a
PDA,
somewhat larger than my recently deceased Zaurus SL-5000D but a lot
more
functional.
Which of the four models shown at the ASUS web site did you purchase?
http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm
You didn't ask me, but I've got a 4G (7" LCD Display / 512MB / 4GB
flash drive / 802.11b/g / webcam ) in black.
I thought the default Xandros-based OS sucked, and hard, so I loaded
debian on it, then took most of that back off in order to run nothing
but
emacs+slime+sbcl+x11+stump+iceweasel
How do you find the keyboard layout and keypress action? Is it
suitable
for touch typing?
not really
Is it true that the 802.11 b/g wireless only supports WEP and not WPA?
there is an ASUS-supplied update to wpa_supplicant. Of course, I run
a completely different distro, with no real problems.
-The default distro, Xandros, is set up in such a way as to make it
ridiculously easy to use for a non-linux user, out of the box. That
said, the "full desktop" mode, a lean KDE, is also very well put
together; files are launched with the appropriate application from
Firefox or the file manager, WiFi works remarkably well, and it
doesn't
require much tweaking to start being very productive with OpenOffice
immediately.
because running "office" apps is the very definition of getting things
done, eh?
-The combination of a speedy Linux and a solid state drive make for a
delightfully quick experience with a 900 Mhz Celeron. Very
refreshing
after seeing several of my clients complain about the speed of
Vista on
very speedy hardware.
there is no 'drive'. repeat, there is no *drive*. There is 4GB (or
2GB in the 'Surf' models, or 8GB in the newest member of the lineup)
of flash soldered to the board
-This is not the sweet spot. With a 2 lb. weight and a 800x480
screen,
it's very light and compact. I think that the best mix will end up
being a slightly larger case with 1024 x 768 screen and a slightly
larger battery with a weight of about 3 lb.
These things are already either rumored (the screen) or announced (the
battery), of course.
http://www.digitimes.com/displays/a20080117PD214.html
http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm#acc
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