[GRLUG] Eee PC

[Don Ellis]

This item would be pretty much the same (software-wise) as a CR-48.
Different hardware, of course. Not sure what would be supported or
not. Might be able to tell some by browsing to hardware dependent
sites on my VM.

When you boot up in the VM, all you see is the Chrome face.

--Don Ellis


On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:58 PM, David Wise <davidn.wise at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've seen that dl link before and I thought it just looked like a
> gnome installation with a chromium browser. Is it really the same as
> the CR-48?
>
> On Wednesday, March 23, 2011, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Try: http://getchrome.eu/download.php
>>
>> I run Parallels on my Mac, and one of the menu items downloads and
>> installs a Chrome OS VM -- another way to try it out. It's pretty
>> different, as OSes go.
>>
>> --Don Ellis
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 4:44 PM, David Wise <davidn.wise at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've thought about Chrome, anyone have a DL link so I can test it out in a
>>> VM? I'm making a few of them with various distro's to see which she likes.
>>>
>>> I might try my hand at soldering more storage to the unused internal USB
>>> I've heard about, if the 900 still has that feature.
>>> --
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Matt Michielsen <mattmichielsen at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You can always put the apt cache on a flash drive in the SD slot or
>>>> any USB storage device. That's how I was able to run dist-upgrades on
>>>> my 900A when it still had a 4G SSD.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Dagny Scott <parsleyfirefly at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Come on now. You could sit on an LTS release (Ubuntu 10.04) for up to 3
>>>> >> years or you can 'sudo do-release-upgrade' and upgrade over the
>>>> >> Internet. I
>>>> >> had one desktop at work that I upgraded through every release from 6.06
>>>> >> through 10.04 without reinstalling.
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> > The Eee 700 (original Eee) wouldn't do a dist-upgrade because it didn't
>>>> > have
>>>> > enough hard drive space.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dagny
>>>> >
>>>> >
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