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
I am sold on my EEE701, bought off Trademe for about $300 too long ago
to find exact amount without really looking. It had a 8 gig photo card
in it and indigenous Linux.
I do my email, trademe sales. Open Office stuff, play and store heaps of
music, can plug into the TV and watch videos off the
I personally feel insulted. I have been using linux on a personal and
professional basis for ten years, and do not see myself as being
anything like the people described by Dave.
Derek.
Take heart in that all his other self promotion stuff I googled was
about at pointless.
I once took a
Have you tried Lenovo? They were selling preinstalled Linux on Lappies a
while ago, free deliver etc
John Carter wrote:
I have totally given up trying to buy a laptop.
You have to buy Windows and the continuous M$ftOwnsOurSoul company
recommends Windows Vista(TM) bleat ruins any joy I'd get
I use one of the EEE 700 and not much the desk top and laptop now. It is
so easy. Networks fine, wired or wireless, plays music, 8 gig camera
card hides my photos and music, plays movies, goes for about 2 hours
way from mains, a wee inverter in car or camper if I need more, has some
Linux
I have looked a bit, between out in the sun chores, thanks for suggestions-
I had a laptop running Ubuntu for this plan but the power in socket got
broken because the techs for DSE who fixed it a year or more ago under
warranty didn't put it back together properly
Bought a ext case for
Hi I was wondering if any recommendations for a Distro for a single use
machine.
I have an slimline IBM that was running 98 something on a network, most
bullet proof thing we ever had. I was wanting it to run GRAMPS and maybe
a very thin wordprocessor and nothing else but a keyboard, mouse and
Good points Nick:-
* Dunedin people ain't stupid - excepting the stupid ones, but they are
less stupid than they would have been if they lived further north or
south, if you know what I mean
*A pub night once a fortnight would be better than once a month, you
will get a different mix on
I don't know much about the average person, but I have had a lot of
experience of being a below average person.
I use Linux because I am too dumb to figure out Windows, and have
done so since 3.11 days.
The average to below average user does not use an Operating System -
they use a
