I have never had a good experience with Xandros or it's derivatives. Well, actually they work fine until the first update. Then things start breaking. I love http://geteasypeasy.com/ on my netbook. It's based on Ubuntu. Alan On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Stephen wrote: > well Ubuntu has the first publicly released install that is > specifically for netbooks, including a fully tuned UI for netbook > screen real estate. > > and visiting the xandros websites makes me want to scrub my brain... > their marketspeak and corporateese makes microsoft look like a friend > to foss. > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: >> That's a great idea! >> >> http://www.obnosis.com/motivatebytruth/national_security_threat_%231.jpg >> >> On 6/23/09, Taylor, Kaia wrote: >>> >>> >>> Speaking of tweaking netbooks, I'll have one in hand soon.  I'd be happy to >>> eventually give a brief presentation, following on hans's presentation and >>> the idea that it might be neat to compare price/functionality/value.  Here's >>> mine  http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SkuSearch_v3.asp?SCriteria=BA25872 >>> I have 2 ideas, in terms of such a presentation >>> >>> OS: >>> I'm assuming that Xandros (which comes pre-installed) will *have* to go, and >>> while I'm doing that, why not match it up with someone else's OS in PLUG, so >>> we can compare performance with no extra variables introduced by a different >>> OS.  If anyone has an existing netbook, and is interested, give me a shout. >>> NB my cheapie netbook's SSD is only 4G. >>> >>> Hardware diags: >>> I'm also wondering if anyone who has gotten a refurb like mine has a handy >>> link to some baseline/diag tools to test everything before the >>> manufacturer's warranty runs out.  My friend got an EEE which it turns out >>> couldn't reach USB 2.0 speed on a couple of his ports, for instance.  That >>> particular issue is easy to test by, whatever, time ... dd  to the SD card >>> mounted on that port, but I'm guessing there are other hardware check >>> scripts that can save me some work with other hw components.  We might want >>> to run the same diags on different models of netbooks if we want to do side >>> by side comparisons. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Kaia Taylor >>> >>> All e-mail sent to or from this address will be received by the Charles >>> Schwab corporate e-mail system and is subject to archival and review by >>> someone other than the recipient. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of der.hans >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:18 AM >>> To: quatsch >>> Subject: Ted T'so on SSD and journalling >>> >>> moin moin, >>> >>> The first paragraph in the quote was a comment on Ted's blog. The second is >>> Ted's response. Read the blog post at the URL given below. >>> >>> ### >>> #  # 2  tytso  Says: >>> March 2nd, 2009 at 1:15 am >>> >>> @1: I’d thought that the reason to avoid ext3 on SSDs, at least most of the >>> ones available today, was not the total number of writes but rather the >>> repeated writes to the same place on the disk (that is, the journal) >>> >>> Norman, >>> >>> Actually, even the most primitive SSD’s and Flash drives have to get this >>> right, because the Windows FAT filesystem are constantly updating the same >>> locations on disk (namely for the File Allocation Table), which is in a >>> fixed location on disk. So although there’s not a lot we can count on in >>> terms of the quality of flash drives’ wear level, it’s very likely they get >>> that right, since otherwise their reliability on basic FAT filesystems, >>> which are used in essentially every single digital camera on the market, >>> would be pretty bad. >>> ### >>> >>> http://thunk.org/tytso/blog/2009/03/01/ssds-journaling-and-noatimerelatime/ >>> >>> ciao, >>> >>> der.hans >>> -- >>> #  http://www.LuftHans.com/        http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ >>> #  Magic is science unexplained. - der.hans >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> -- >> (503)754-4452 >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LisaKachold >> http://tinyurl.com/44zfgx  http://www.obnosis.com/motivation/ >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss