Jeff Abrahamson on 20 Apr 2008 14:17:55 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Hacking the eeePC


On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 04:42:03PM -0400, brent timothy saner wrote:
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> Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> 
> > 
> > What do you do with it?  I find the price attractive, but wonder how
> > I'd feel if I can't customize it much (which I assume but don't know
> > is the case).  What happens first time I want to use an app that's not
> > already installed?  (Disclaimer: I haven't researched more extensively
> > than reading the official literature.)
> > 
> > What I really want is a super-cheap notebook regardless of power, etc.
> > The eee-pc just happens to be at the bottom of the price curve.
> > 
> 
> i'll be honest, the default OS sucks. that's why i put ubuntu on it. haha
> 
> i was thinking of an arch or slack install though, that'd be fun!

Ah, right.  And debian is available, too.

    http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC
    http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/FAQ

Cool.

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 Jeff

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