On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:27:37 +1000 Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How's the suspend?
I'm running Debian with Fluxbox. Suspend worked out of the box, as do all of the hotkeys. > And any experience with 3G broadband? > No experience. Cheers, Alan > They're about the two features that matter to me on top of having a > *nix environment. > > I'm still using OSX on the MacBook at the moment, 'cause I've got to > fiddle to get the '3' modem working (the Bigpond one is fine, but that > contract is over now). Suspend appears to work perfectly for Ubuntu on > it, but I haven't done any major stress testing yet. > > I'm considering a 10" eee, and then ditching the MacBook in favour of > something larger... but anything I get will have to handle suspend. > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:57 PM, elliott-brennan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, after several months of selling some hardware and gadgets to > > purchase myself an eeePC and during which time my wife kept taking > > the money to feed the kids...sheesh, priorities, PUUULEASE! I found > > the price had dropped from $AU500 to $AU275, and my wife's birthday > > is in two weeks...so I bought one for her <cough>. > > > > The 4G 701. > > > > I found the default distro cute and very usable, never mind that it > > boots in about 30 seconds and shuts down in about 10. > > > > I downloaded Mandriva One Spring edition: > > > > http://www.mandriva.com/ > > > > and loaded that on a 4G flash drive, then downloaded eeebuntu NBR > > (netbook remix): > > > > http://www.eeebuntu.org/ > > > > and did the same. > > > > Quick plug. Check out: > > > > http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ > > > > Great way to make a bootable flash drive with various OSs. > > > > So, I ran both from the flash drives and the default from the main > > drive for the last three days. > > > > Mandriva required a command line action to get the video to work > > (after a kernel update first), where as eeebuntu required some > > weird fiddling with the sound settings and some command line action > > using built-in scripts - nothing too hard when you found out about > > it (maybe I should write this up in detail?) > > > > My favourite? > > > > The eeebuntu netbook remix. It's takes twice as long to boot, the > > same length, roughly, to shut-down, but it's very pretty and very > > configurable. Plus it allows you to install some apps that I find > > preferable. > > > > Seriously, if you have one of these machines, try eeebuntu. > > Mandriva is also very nice looking and Metisse works really well. > > Metisse is not as 'out-there' as Compiz, but it has some tre' cool > > effects. > > > > Spoilt for choice on a little machine - you betcha! Hmmmmmm, I hope > > she likes eeebuntu > > > > :^/ > > > > Regards, > > > > Patrick > > > > -- > > Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
