...and it also responds to voice commands. It really is an amazing machine. The Xandros installation works very, very well.
On 19/01/2008, Les Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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