ok, what is the difference between this and the ubuntu netbook remix? On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Alan Dayley wrote: > 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 > -- 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. 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