On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:13:44 +1100 "Morgan Storey" <m...@morganstorey.com> wrote:
> Are any of the hardware features lost with eeebuntu though? Like the > wifi, or quick start? Can't say about eeebuntu, but with Debian Lenny everything works. Booting is probably slower than the original, but not much. Wifi and webcam and hotkeys all work. Alan > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:42 PM, elliott-brennan > <elliottbren...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > I have a 701 (well, the wife has it :)) on which I > > installed eeebuntu which works a treat. The screen > > is small, and the keyboard is small, but it is > > also very light and quick to start/shut-down. It > > certainly does the job we got it for. A larger > > keyboard and screen would be nice, but at the > > price it's hard to complain. > > > > It cost $275 from msy.com.au (no, I don't work > > there) but they've since gone up to $299. It had > > the Xandros install, which admittedly was very > > quick to start (45 seconds) and very responsive, > > but a little limited and certainly not as > > beautiful as the eeebuntu GUI. > > > > Regards, > > > > Patrick > > > > -- > > Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > -- > Regards > Morgan Storey,A+, MCSE:Security. > IT Security Specialist. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
