Comments on: Adventures In Linuxland http://blog.bangsplatpresents.com/?p=60 Musical musings from BangSplat Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:45:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bob D. http://blog.bangsplatpresents.com/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-728 Bob D. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:33:07 +0000 http://blog.bangsplatpresents.com/?p=60#comment-728 I have used Ubuntu and Kubuntu oon other machines and liked them, but on my 901 I wanted to make sure that all of the hardware (802.11n, Bluetooth, SD card slot, multitouch trackpad) worked properly, so I stuck with Xandros but just enabled the full KDE desktop, This added some extra capabilities I wanted (virtual screens, Synaptic package manager) and let me hack around Linux as much as I wanted to (and, yes, Mac OS X is the best of both worlds in many respects), If Apple consistently refuses to make a small laptop, I may put OS X on my 901 eventually. I have used Ubuntu and Kubuntu oon other machines and liked them, but on my 901 I wanted to make sure that all of the hardware (802.11n, Bluetooth, SD card slot, multitouch trackpad) worked properly, so I stuck with Xandros but just enabled the full KDE desktop, This added some extra capabilities I wanted (virtual screens, Synaptic package manager) and let me hack around Linux as much as I wanted to (and, yes, Mac OS X is the best of both worlds in many respects), If Apple consistently refuses to make a small laptop, I may put OS X on my 901 eventually.

]]> By: Bangsplat http://blog.bangsplatpresents.com/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-396 Bangsplat Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:58:42 +0000 http://blog.bangsplatpresents.com/?p=60#comment-396 Or Dell. The new Dell E is looking kind of promising, and they are usually pretty Linux friendly. I have had some issues with the wireless driver install. It seems to lose connection settings when in roaming mode, and if the machine sits idle too long once connected, it drops the connection and there doesn't seem to be much that can be done to restore it other than rebooting. There is a new version of the Eee PC optimized Ubuntu that will have the driver in the kernel. Apparently, there will not be an update, so it's going to be a completely new install. I'm not doing too much customization until it is released. Or Dell. The new Dell E is looking kind of promising, and they are usually pretty Linux friendly.

I have had some issues with the wireless driver install. It seems to lose connection settings when in roaming mode, and if the machine sits idle too long once connected, it drops the connection and there doesn’t seem to be much that can be done to restore it other than rebooting.

There is a new version of the Eee PC optimized Ubuntu that will have the driver in the kernel. Apparently, there will not be an update, so it’s going to be a completely new install. I’m not doing too much customization until it is released.

]]> By: Bad Penny http://blog.bangsplatpresents.com/?p=60&cpage=1#comment-393 Bad Penny Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:10:01 +0000 http://blog.bangsplatpresents.com/?p=60#comment-393 <strong>The vacation laptop: ASUS EEE PC 901...</strong> Even the new chipset ethernet drivers (as of the beginning of August '08) are not yet in the linux kernel, so a simple install is problematic. ... This should prove to be a good example of what options are available if someone isn't served by Wind... The vacation laptop: ASUS EEE PC 901…

Even the new chipset ethernet drivers (as of the beginning of August ’08) are not yet in the linux kernel, so a simple install is problematic.

… This should prove to be a good example of what options are available if someone isn’t served by Wind…

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