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
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, John Carter wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, John Carter wrote:
I was severely (and still am slightly) tempted to wipe the current
distro and install Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
Hokay, Xandros is doomed no emacs, not even in the repository.
That is criminal - how can you call
On Fri, February 13, 2009 11:20, Derek Smithies wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, John Carter wrote:
Hokay, Xandros is doomed no emacs, not even in the repository.
That is criminal - how can you call it a linux distro when emacs is not
installed?
Because it has vi instead. D'uh!
A
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
John Carter wrote, On 13/02/09 10:45:
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.
Wireless was a doddle for me - are you doing something funky with
encryption?
It runs Xandros linux, which
@it.canterbury.ac.nz
Subject: Re: Asus eee pc 901 Linux
On Fri, February 13, 2009 11:20, Derek Smithies wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, John Carter wrote:
Hokay, Xandros is doomed no emacs, not even in the repository.
That is criminal - how can you call it a linux distro when emacs is
not
installed
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Derek Smithies wrote:
Hokay, Xandros is doomed no emacs, not even in the repository.
That is criminal - how can you call it a linux distro when emacs is not
installed?
Sometimes I dream of a distro where the UI / Window manager / Command
line /... _is_ emacs.
Yes,
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Craig Falconer wrote:
John Carter wrote, On 13/02/09 10:45:
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.
Wireless was a doddle for me - are you doing something funky with
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Gauland, Michael wrote:
What good is vi without emacs? It's like having super-hero of your
choice without super-hero's arch enemy.
Or rather, the other way around.
Well, it's like having (a cross dressing) super-hero of your choice
With emacs you can go M-x vi-mode and
John Carter wrote, On 13/02/09 10:45:
Now if I can just install sshd so I can administer the thing from my
desktop...
apt-get install openssh-server
which drags in a couple blacklist debs too
BUT these aren't part of the xandros archives.
Do you have all the extra deb archives listed?
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