Re: [Hampshire] A sad day...

2009/6/1 Sean Gibbins <sean@???>:
> Richard Danter wrote:
>> And to think I bought my wife an Eee _because_ it was Linux...
>>
>>    http://www.itsbetterwithwindows.com/
>>
>> Maybe this explains why updates are no longer working (we get out of
>> memory errors now, even though there is nothing extra installed).
>> Guess Asus have abandoned Linux.
>>
>> Maybe time to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix, anyone tried it on a 901?
>
> I ran up Pupeee [1] on my daughter's 701 the other day and was very
> impressed. It's essentially Puppy 4.2 optimised for Eee PCs. I currently
> run it off a USB stick and have no intention of installing it to the SSD
> (the machine is on loan from school), but it  still performs well
> despite that. The download is tiny and can be installed to a USB stick
> on any machine with a CD/DVD, and subsequently run or installed on an
> Eee PC machine.
>
> Worth a look, although I have not had a chance to compare it to the
> Ubuntu Netbook build.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Rich


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> Sean
>
> [1] http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Pupeee
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