it seems to me that distros run better when run live rather than when installed. That is just my experience though. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Stephen wrote: > 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 > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: