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.
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