Re: [Eug-lug] eee_Customization

> Open Question: So where would *you* start to trim off the excess? #1 - Replace a whole bunch of the command line apps with Busybox. -Mike Microsoft: "You've got questions. We've got dancing paperclips." ___ EUGLUG mailing list euglu

[Eug-lug] eee_Customization

Open Question: So where would *you* start to trim off the excess? Most of Ooo is not used but doesn't it need to use the same basic frame to run all of it's apps? That's one hog that may not trim down too easily...Oh Ya... Thanx, once again Mr.O, for the great venue for meetings! While due to

[Eug-lug] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, November 16

Hi there, I'd like to share Tim O'Reilly's post about his recent trip to Beijing "China Foo Camp: On the Outside, Looking In." Tim writes about his experiences in China, the smog, and the differences between the tech cultures in Shan

[Eug-lug] OT: looking for a cheap athlon 754 motherboard

I'm hoping somebody has a motherboard laying about they want to get rid of. I need a motherboard that will support a socket 754 Athlon 64 processor. The one on my test system just died. I'd prefer an AGP slot and 4x DDR slots, but I'm flexible. I don't want to spend a lot on a system I just mainly

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0 (rant around the block)

On Nov 16, 2007 3:23 PM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent data point, a great example given recent EUGLUG threads ;) > > As for SCSI-vs-SATA, it strikes me that the enterprise swing to > commodity clustering, > thanks even to the biggest irons, have brought enterprise-grade > eng

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0 (rant around the block)

Excellent data point, a great example given recent EUGLUG threads ;) As for SCSI-vs-SATA, it strikes me that the enterprise swing to commodity clustering, thanks even to the biggest irons, have brought enterprise-grade engineering across to commodity formats. For example, many blades use 2.5" har

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0 (rant around the block)

Quentin, spot on! One point I failed to digress to is power -- beware, when taking your first stabs at raid arrays, not to overload your system power supply. When a normal PC powers up, all its drives spin up in sequence, and the load is a sudden high power draw, which can blow out commonly-availa

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0 (rant around the block)

On Nov 16, 2007 2:07 PM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right on, thanks Quentin -- this better-defined "fakeraid" is much > worse than soft-raid in many cases, I'd amend this to say _all_ cases. Fakeraid is a technological abomination, created by marketing departments and unchecked ca

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0 (rant around the block)

Right on, thanks Quentin -- this better-defined "fakeraid" is much worse than soft-raid in many cases, I think, because drive recovery after say mobo failure could be extremely difficult unless you have an identical board (or close-enough chipset) available on reserve... with soft-raid, provided yo

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0

Quentin Hartman wrote: On Nov 15, 2007 9:29 AM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto ("Fake" raid is soft raid, nothing really fake about it) I don't know why software RAID does not get more respect these

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0

On Nov 15, 2007 9:29 AM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FakeRaidHowto ("Fake" raid is soft raid, > nothing really fake about it) > I don't know why software RAID does not get more respect these days. When > processors were just babies, > hardware raid w

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0

I'm going to try it your way, but I'll need to test this out. I'll be keeping you updated on my progress, I've got a lot to do, but at least I'm on the path. To answer one of your queries, no, I'm trying to get out of Windows. I have another box, that's a P4 with SATA drives in a RAID 0 config ru

Re: [Eug-lug] Need some pointers on setting up my Ubuntu Box with a RAID 0

Thanks Ben, I can see that I have a lot of work to do, I'll be filling you in on my progress. I think I will go with what Mr. O saying about hardware controllers, but, once again, I've got a lot of work to do, I'm in a learning curve, let's see how this pans out. This will be a slow and deliberate

Re: [Eug-lug] eeePC

Just in case anyone missed it, we are slated to have Mike O. have one of these for demo at next Tuesday's IT Pro Forum (6:30pm @ Rogue). Matthew S. Jarvis IT Manager Bike Friday - "Performance that Packs." www.bikefriday.com 541/687-0487 x140 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Cherba wrote: Personally I

Re: [Eug-lug] eeePC

Oh, SD/MMC -- thank goodness :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC ben On Nov 16, 2007 11:13 AM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool, thanks. Does it have any card-reader or just USB? Didn't see > anything about IO in the Asus' main specs page. > I won't be able to make the IT

Re: [Eug-lug] eeePC

Cool, thanks. Does it have any card-reader or just USB? Didn't see anything about IO in the Asus' main specs page. I won't be able to make the ITproForum due to continued volunteering with OCF (yes, Country Fair organizes year-round)... ben On Nov 16, 2007 10:17 AM, Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Eug-lug] eeePC

Personally I thought that to be really useful it would require a great deal of customization. They leave you with ~1.2GB of storage to useout of the 4GB flash. On the other hand, I thought it looked like a tough little thing. My summary is: It has a lot of potential, but would require a good chu

[Eug-lug] Announcement - IT Pro Forum - Tuesday Nov 20th

IT Professionals Forum Presents: Intro to the 'EEE PC' 6:30pm Tuesday, Nov 20th -- Eugene City Brewery (downstairs) This month Mike Owen of ComputerBase fame (www.computerbaseusa.com) will be presenting the ASUS EEE PC, an ultra-portable laptop designed by Intel and ASUSTeK that runs Linux for th

Re: [Eug-lug] eeePC

Thanks Larry -- I just read that the 10-in model was unconfirmed by Asus, even though one of their people mentioned it... last I read it was being questioned, sorry no link. ben On Nov 16, 2007 1:15 AM, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what it is it works well. > > The keyboard felt

Re: [Eug-lug] eeePC

For what it is it works well. The keyboard felt a bit cramped, and I think I will be waiting for the 10-inch model. But it did seem rugged and responsive. I could see it living in my pack and accompanying me on photo trips. The price concerns me. Had they been able to bring it in at > 300 it wou

Re: [Eug-lug] how do I get out of this?

Nothing criminal about less mess =] meta-escape this thread, ha! On Nov 15, 2007 11:45 PM, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 15, 2007 11:03 PM, Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He wasn't speaking in emacs. If he had been it would have > > been written > >M-:q! > > >

Re: [Eug-lug] eeePC

Can I go ahead an ask how many are amongst the LUG? Not asking Mr. O, I'm asking everyone who got one to please chime in. Does it meet your expectations? What are they? Any surprises? Do you find it usable at all by adult fingers? Computes to 133dpi by my calc, which seems usable at 7" dia (3.6