There's a pretty good forum over at http://aspireoneuser.com/forum
(registration enables search)
I'm absolutely chuffed with my AA1. Though a few criticisms of the
default Linpus:
1) tun.ko module missing (Required for VPNC, which although installed
was missing this vital component!)
Charlie de Courcy wrote:
6) Bios password would only accept a password typed in CAPS! I set a
password and had a hairy locked-out moment!
-Bios flash uprade fixed this, though disabled manual fan control.
Heh, that one got me too! I knew what I had typed in so it was merely a
case of
I treated myself to one, such good value and after all a bit of a
historical landmark for desktop consumer Linux. Some more books for Xmas
rather than this:) It's a cool device and the best value for money. In
fact it's better than my VIA EPIA 500 for many tasks and will hook this up
to a monitor
Damian Brasher wrote:
Including a quiet fan hack, the only fault as far as I'm concerned. A
battery upgrade will be made available from Acer (almost certainly from
3rd party dealers) and will take the battery life from about 2 to 4 hours
I believe. There is a Screenshot of Ubuntu Netbook
I had decided a while ago that I wanted a small, portable machine for
mobile e-mail and the like.
I evaluated all of the new sub-notebooks on offer, (and was fed a load of
nonsense by sales staff in the process,) before concluding that I was not
impressed by any of them. They all seemed so
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:23:03 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I evaluated all of the new sub-notebooks on offer, (and was fed a load of
nonsense by sales staff in the process,) before concluding that I was not
impressed by any of them.
At the risk of stating the obvious, it's horses for
Yeah, like I said:
So far, I'm very happy with my purchase, so I offer this as a
possible alternative approach.
Chris.
On 19/10/2008, Keith Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:23:03 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I evaluated all of the new sub-notebooks on offer,
Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
So far, I'm very happy with my purchase, so I offer this as a
possible alternative approach.
And why not? IBM TP's are great and have a good track record. With my
sys-admin hat on I wouldn't buy these for all my staff, unless they really
wanted one. These
