Am Donnerstag, den 17.01.2008, 22:10 -0800 schrieb Dov: > G'day Andrew, > > I just checked out the Good Guys webs, and found not only an Acer, but > a tiny little Asus laptop with the OS marked as Linux. > > Very nice to see... > > Dov
That's the ASUS Eee PC, which was briefly discussed on this list not long ago. It comes pre-installed with a customised version of Xandros which, like Ubuntu, is based on Debian. Without wanting to sound like an ad, this thing is a great piece of kit. It's got both wifi and ethernet networking, Intel graphics with dual monitor support, HD audio with built-in speakers and input/output jacks, 3 USB 2.0 ports, webcam, plus an SD/SDHC card slot. It runs on a 4 GB internal flash drive, though some models come with a 2 GB or an 8 GB one (which I don't think are available in Australia). The max. battery life is only 3.5 hours, but I think a new model battery with more cells in it is coming out soon. I snagged myself one of these just before Xmas and can highly recommend it. It's going to come in very handy when I go back to being a student in a few weeks. A community for this device has started up at www.eeeuser.com , which is packed with howtos and what not, including installing a custom eee PC version of Xubuntu, among many other OSes, although the default Xandros is pretty good for what this thing is designed to be - an easy to use and highly portable lightweight computing device. -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
