Justin Smith wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Ernie Dulanowsky <ernst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Norval Watson <norv2001@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry, should've paid attention to your email domain. >>> Apology not necessary, thanks for the input! >>> Actually I'm meeting my brothers from USA in Paris in June (for a >>> wedding). >>> So I might be able to get one of them to bring an Eee across if I get it >>> delivered to them in the States. It DOES seem to be better all round, apart >>> from the keyboard which gets a few gripes on the Net. >>> The 110V power supply would need a ten dollar 240V converter but that's no >>> biggie. >>> >>> Norv >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linux-audio-user mailing list >>> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> Hi: >> If you haven't looked at them yet it would be worth your while to investigae >> the MSI Wind netbooks as well. I've had one since September and I'm very >> happy with it, aside from the crap Realtek wireless card. Runs UbuntuStudio >> quite well. >> >> cheers, >> ernie >> >> >> -- >> ++++++++++++++++ >> Ernie Dulanowsky >> www.pulsewidth.ca >> ++++++++++++++++ >> oblique: Discard an axiom >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> >> > > Regarding the eeepc, I typed this on one, and I have large heavily > calloused hands and fingertips (I work full time as a stockkeeper > throwing boxes of clothing around all day), it just takes a while to > get used to, but it is possible. At times I have used a full sized > external usb keyboard, but eventually I just got used to this one, it > took some patience though. > > If you do get an eeepc, I recommend the debian eee extensions (and of > course the multimedia repositories), their installer was a cinch and > everything worked perfect, except for the X11 screen resolution that > installed as 800x400 rather than the maximum 800x600 for my model, I > will be trying to fix the resolution when I have some free time this > weekend. Previously I was using ubuntu hardy (which the previous owner > had installed), but the webcam was not working, nor suspend or the > external monitor link, and the same default X11 resolution issues were > there as well. A friend of mine is running Debian's release for EEEPCs on a 901 and all of the above are working fine for him. -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
