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Re: [Sheflug] Netbooks: who's got on, and how has it been?
Tom
> By 'netbook' I'm referring to the new sub-notebook computers that
> have appeared in the 9 or 12 months - Asus eee, Acer Aspire One,
> MSI Wind/ Advent 4211, etc. I believe that several members of this
> list have got one of these, and may have installed different OS
> software on them.
Yes
> So: can I ask those who have got one to reply with details? Make,
> model, and currently-installed OS would be excellent. If you've
> changed the OS then an account of any issues that arose during that
> operation would be useful.
Asus EeePC. 4Gb 701. Lovely hardware. You have to get the 2Gb RAM
upgrade from Ebay for £30 to make the GUI work at anything like the
normal speed. Although, 512Mb of RAM does work and might be good
enough for you. You can do serious work with these. Lot of sys
admins have bought them. OpenOffice (which I use for writing for
magazines) works just fine.
> Also any history of dealing with general issues related to these
> devices. For example, I've heard that there was an 'upgrade' to the
> Eee that killed wi-fi: is that true? If so, what then?
Asus have made it plain that there shall not be an update for this.
My own way around this (many other people as well was to install
Ubuntu or Kubuntu which just about fits into the 4Gb of memory or
hard drive....
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:kubuntu:home
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/getting_ubuntu_8.04_to_work_perfectly
" sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
wget 'http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz'
tar zxvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz
cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-*
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo reboot "
This "just works" and after installing Kwifimanager is just as good as
the version provided by Asus when manufactured.
> Here's
> another one: I've read that the touchpad on the MSI Wind / Advent
> 4211 has changed, and that there may be Ubuntu driver issues with
> the new touchpad. Anyone got any experience?
Hmmm... don't know about that one :)
--
Richard
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