On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Topher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:topher@derosia.com">topher@derosia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Colin Vallance wrote:<br>
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> So while we're on the topic of distro nitpicking...<br>
><br>
> Has anyone bought/used any of the "netbooks" that are out? I'm<br>
> thinking hardware like the Acer Aspire one and the Asus Eeepc. If so<br>
> what do you think of their custom tweaked linux distros and have you<br>
> swapped them out for something else?<br>
<br>
</div>The same week I got this HP2133 we got one of the eee 2G Surf models. My<br>
lackey put ubuntu-eee on it, but it was hard. Only the very latest<br>
version will fit in 2G, and then only with no swap and ext2 as the<br>
filesystem.<br>
<br>
She also tried the netbook remix the ubuntu-eee folk made up, but she far<br>
preferred plain Enlightenment.<br>
<br>
The 2G eee is way too small for just about anything really, in every way.<br>
The larger eee's (900 etc) still seem to have the micro-keyboard the 700<br>
series has, and it's really not that nice to work on. The HP's keyboard<br>
is close enough to regular laptop sized that I didn't have to "adjust" my<br>
typing at all.</blockquote><div><br>Lackey here. <br>
<br>
Just expounding on what Topher said about the EeePC. I installed Ubuntu
Eee (screenshot here:
<a href="http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/wiki/images/UbuntuEee8041.png" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/wiki/images/UbuntuEee8041.png</a>)<div>, which is
obviously designed specifically for the Eee, but 2G wasn't even enough
to start a gui session after the install (with ext2 and no swap
partition). I had to run a failsafe terminal session, and remove some
heavy packages to free up enough space. Fun stuff. I installed
enlightenment, and planned to remove Gnome as well (groan), to lighten
the load. Ubuntu Eee's Gnome spin-off was like, Ubuntu for dummies.
There would be virtually no learning curve coming into it as an
ex-Windows user. Kids would love it, it's bold, shiny, and painfully
simple. I think for the occasional bus or plane ride, I'd find it
refreshing to just pop it open and have all the important stuff one
click away (on the Favorites screen). For daily use, though, I like to
keep everything tucked away in a hidden menu.<br>
<br>
I think the keyboard alone would stop me from getting the EeePC for
myself. I have small fingers, but the keys were just too tight. I get
to use the HP2133 for the first time tomorrow, so I think the
advantages of that over the Eee PC will become more apparent. Topher's
OTHER lackey (how does he rate, you may wonder) didn't have many
complaints about the HP, except that it got really bogged down when
trying to print a 3 page email, running just Firefox, Pidgin, and
Thunderbird. But we were using it all day as a printing station, so
maybe it was just tired. <br>
<br>I'm also relatively new to the list, and you won't see me posting
much, because I'm not really an expert in anything, and also I'm a
girl, and what do chicks know about Linux, right? ;-)<br><font color="#888888"><br>Marissa</font></div> <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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