ASUS are planning a new version with a HARD DRIVE!
I believe it might be solid state but i could be wrong.
Richard Forth wrote:
The EEE just got a whole lot cooler!!
On 11/03/2008, *substation* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
Or try here:
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/
http://eee.ricey.co.uk/
http://www.sampletheweb.com/2007/12/09/ubuntu-on-the-asus-eee-pc-part-1-or-how-to-run-a-functional-ubuntu-install-off-a-usb-drive/
Download EEE Buntu here:
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home#download_it
Nice video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRP8fPcaSzI
Hope that helps
J.
luthien wrote:
> No, but there's some information on the blogs and forums at
> http://www.eeeuser.com/, according to one of my online mates who's
> contemplating doing this. I'll let you know how he gets on! If it
> works I may just be tempted to do it myself; I find the restricted
> repos and block on uninstalling the pre-installed stuff a bit of a
> pita already...I dunno how you'd wipe the read-only partition
without
> reformatting its whole tiny hdd though.
> As for whether it has enough space - well if it can run a cut-down
> version of WinXP it must be able to run Ubuntu!
>
> :D
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave"
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> To: <[email protected]
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> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 11:32 AM
> Subject: [Peterboro] Installing Ubuntu on the Asus eee
>
>
>> Thanks again for the various replies regarding the problem with
>> moving oversized panels in Thunderbird. Problem solved.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience of installing Ubuntu on one of
these
>> little beasts? I have one on order and would prefer to have the
full
>> Ubuntu functionality, rather than the OS it ships with. I assume I
>> would have to get an Ubuntu install onto an SD card or a memory
stick
>> and install it from there. Or alternatively, I could plug my
external
>> Seagate USB hard drive in and load from that.
>>
>> I'm not sure of the exact procedure, or if Ubuntu takes up much
more
>> disk space than the original Asus OS. This might be an issue given
>> that the Asus only has 4Gb available.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
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