interesting tidbit. thx On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Last month I gave a talk at the East Side meeting and talked about netbooks > and using different distributions.  All seemed to have issues even if they > were mostly resolvable.  I downloaded the Ubuntu Netbook Remix Alpha 6 > version of Karmic Koala and made a live USB stick.  That booted up on my > ASUS eeePC 1000 and everything worked out of the box including the webcam, > bluetooth (even for the MS 5000 bluetooth mouse), and touchpad.  While it > did not already include anything to totally turn off the touchpad, it could > turn it off while typing. > > Now I was able to crash it, but it was still the alpha phase and I only ran > it from the stick without installing so that was not a surprise. > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. >  - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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