EeePC

[Lachlan Musicman]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 22:22, Lachlan Musicman<datakid at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 15:46, madunix<madunix at gmail.com> wrote:
>> let me start a thread about EeePC, because am gonna buy one
>> Which system you have, the 701, the 900, 901, etc etc...
>> What do you have in it (OS)?
>> List up your Software encyclopedia for you Eee!
>> Other issues such as Power Saving, Function Keys, Performance?
>> Any recommendations regarding the Operating system?
>
> I am using the 1000H and have upgraded from eeebuntu to jaunty net
> book remix quite happily.
>
> eeebuntu was good for pre jaunty due to poor driver support, but that
> seems to have been solved now.
>
> i had a few problems with the wireless, but you can find heaps of info
> on the forums, this being the best so far:
> http://www.ab9il.net/linuxwireless/rt2860.html
> note that it's a little out of date - the new version of the driver is
> up to 2.1.2.0, you need to run the make command from
> /2009_0424_RT2860_Linux_STA_V2.1.1.0 not the one listed, plus, you
> should run sudo make  && sudo make install for it to work error free.
> Note that fully up to date I am running the 2.6.28-11 kernel - this
> driver makes it into the 2.6.29 kernel, so it wont even be an issue
> soon.
>
>
> apart from that, it works a dream


I should also note that I'm happily, intermittently running instances
of redmine, django, mediawiki, plumi/plone, trac etc on this little
baby - mostly just for testing purposes, and they work fine.


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