Tag: linux

How To Get Ubuntu Netbook Remix on your Asus EEE PC

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More fiddling on the Asus EEE 901, and more confirmation on why Linux really isn’t yet ready for the mainstream. You may recall that the EEE comes with either Windows XP (which needs little introduction) or a custom build of Xandros which I jokingly call “My First Fisher Price Computer.” The thing is, that Xandros, even in Easy Mode, is pretty slick, and does most of what I need a machine to do (which nowadays means a decent Web Browser, word processor and possibly an IMAP email client). So why go fiddling with new operating system installation? To be honest

Twhirl Running on Asus EEE PC (Linux)

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So the last few weeks I’ve been tinkering around with a new Asus ‘Netbook’ mini laptop; specifically the EEE 901 Linux version. I’ll have more in-depth thoughts on it shortly (but it’ll boil down to the thing is called a netbook, and if you waved a wand over a Psion Netbook to bring it up to date with the modern world, this is what you’d get). Anyway, I’m pretty pleased with the hacking on it today, as I finally got the Twitter client Twhirl running on the EEE with no nasty terminal command lines or shell windows popping up getting

Writing About Considering Everything

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I’ve started to do some writing over on the Blogger Advocacy section of Creative Choices, a website set up to “[help] individuals takie control of their own career decisions [by making sure] they are well informed and supported in their desire to succeed. My first post is about browser and computing compatibility online: In extreme circumstances, where a website doesn’t load correctly, you might have people skipping over your site purely because it doesn’t work 100% perfectly in their web browser, even if the information they’re looking for is in front of them.. Woe betide you if you pop up