[olug] Asus Eee PC

[Jon Larsen]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Dave Thacker wrote:

> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:20:25 -0600
> From: Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Asus Eee PC
> 
> On Wednesday 12 December 2007 06:31:23 Jon Larsen wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Luke -Jr wrote:
> > > Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:25:27 -0600
> > > From: Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org>
> > > Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > > To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [olug] Asus Eee PC
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 12 December 2007, Craig Wolf wrote:
> > > So don't buy it expecting to throw <insert-favourite-OS-here> on it.
> >
> > Your comment doesn't make sense to me - just about every message board
> > dedicated to the Eee PC has discussions on how to get any flavor of Linux
> > or XP to run on the hardware.  Plus, ASUS has released source code in
> > response to the GPL issue regarding the ACPI module.  Yes, wireless is
> > another matter, but so is wireless on most laptops.
> >
> >
> > Another OLUG member has had his EEE 4G for over a month, and is happily
> > running debian on it.  In fact, he has overcome the CPU speed limitation,
> > some sound issues and replaced ndiswrapper with madwifi and improved the
> > wireless performance and battery life.
> 
> Sounds like a great January meeting topic!   Dave

Which reminds me, there will be no January OLUG meeting, as the first 
Tuesday in January is the 1st.  February will be the next meeting.

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