Re: [Sheflug] EeePC

["David Smith" <sheflug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi
>
> This might interest someone out there due to the fact that it's
> Christmas week next week.
>
> Been having some problems with my EeePC 701 in that I installed
> Kubuntu 8.04 into it.  Disk space maxed out at 96%.  Other than that
> it was brilliant.  So, what to do ?  I decided that EeeBuntu Netbook
> Remix version 1 might do the job.  Installed it.  Really good.  Then,
> after installing Exim4 the whole thing went up the chute.  By chance
> NBR version 2 (Ubuntu Ibex - 8.10) was released a few days later.  I
> thought why not try that ?  Went to..
>
> http://www.eeebuntu.org/
>
> Grabbed the NBR version.  Wouldn't boot into graphical  mode.  Only
> black screen and command line.   Refused to play at all.

That's a pity - I just downloaded this yesterday, but haven't had time
to put it on a memory stick yet - I'll have to see if I have any more
luck with it than you managed (although I also have a 4Gb 701, so I'm
not sure it'll be any different).

Maybe I'll have to have another go with version 1 (but it loaded too
slowly off a memory stick for me to use it every day and I haven't
quite got to the point of wiping the original Xandros OS).

> So, I tried
> the standard version.  Really good.  What I didn't know was that the
> desktop in this version of EeePC software is the Avant desktop that
> you can get with Intrepid Ibex...
>
> http://wiki.awn-project.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
>
> This gives you a desktop that is so much like Mac OS X that it's hard
> to tell the difference.  So, well worth the effort for portable or desk
> based computing.

I've been using that on my desktop for about a year now - great fun!

However, do you not find it takes up too much space at the bottom of
the Eee 701 screen?

Davo

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