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Colin<br><br>I already tried to interest you in Puppy for the EEEPC<br>I forgot to show you this<br><br>Compizfusion a la puppy, known as wNOP, here's a screenshot<br><br>http://www.puppylinux.org/home/screenshots/wnop-eeepc<br><br>low power eh, guys?<br><br>Aitch<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br><br>> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:40:02 +0100<br>> From: binarysignal@gmail.com<br>> To: kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Is the worm slowly turning?<br>> <br>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Martin A. Brooks <martin@antibodymx.net> wrote:<br>> > Karl Lattimer wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> However, I'd say this, for highly customised OS's on specialist hardware<br>> >> like eeepc its just right.<br>> ><br>> > The EEE isn't specialist hardware, it's very generic x86 kit.<br>> <br>> I would agree with Karl L. I think it is specialist hardware. A 7<br>> inch screen and a SSD is not really generic when you look at all the<br>> other trillions of 14inch notebooks with 120Gb drives on the market.<br>> For a while the eeePC was unique and special in the market place. Yes<br>> other companies like Sony made small laptops, but they were still more<br>> generic and mainstream than the eeePC.<br>> <br>> I think the term Netbook, as a lot of these new devices are being<br>> called is very correct. Most of the shortcuts on the simple eeePC GUI<br>> screen are for web applications which don't take much CPU, RAM or HD<br>> space to use.<br>> <br>> >> They've upped the<br>> >> specs to run XP on eeepc, and even then its pre-configured to be retarded<br>> >> by default. So what hope would they have with vista+.<br>> >><br>> ><br>> > I run XP and Linux on my EEE, XP works remarkably well.<br>> <br>> I have used XP on a eeePC, and while it does run, I don't think it is<br>> as usable as the simple OS that comes as standard on the eeePC. We<br>> have 32 eeePc's at school. We thought about putting XP on them, but<br>> decided that the simple GUI was better, easier and quicker for the<br>> students to use in class.<br>> <br>> And do you know they love it :-) A few have asked me questions on<br>> what it runs, so I am now just waiting for some Ubuntu CD's to turn up<br>> so I can get (the interested ones) running Linux on their home PC's.<br>> Even just on a Live CD first.<br>> <br>> Colin<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Kent mailing list<br>> Kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent<br><br /><hr />Get fish-slapping on Messenger! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000008ukm/direct/01/' target='_new'>Play Now</a></body>
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