Ubuntu on Dell laptops here in Aus?

[Chris Dinneen]

I work in a Physics Department at a University and I helped one of the 
Grad students modify his Eee PC so we could install mathematica (the 
default partition scheme is less than helpful). As a comparison of 
speed,  our 2.4 Ghz Intel Pentium Desktop took 3 times longer to 
calculate a series of 5 complicated integrals as the EeePC. So the thing 
certainly doesn't lack speed.

andremangan at gmail.com wrote:
> ...and it also responds to voice commands.
>
> It really is an amazing machine.  The Xandros installation works very, 
> very well.
>
>
>
> On 19/01/2008, *Les Gray * <lgray at bigpond.net.au 
> <mailto:lgray at bigpond.net.au>> wrote:
>
>
>     Am Donnerstag, den 17.01.2008, 22:10 -0800 schrieb Dov:
>     > G'day Andrew,
>     >
>     > I just checked out the Good Guys webs, and found not only an
>     Acer, but
>     > a tiny little Asus laptop with the OS marked as Linux.
>     >
>     > Very nice to see...
>     >
>     > Dov
>
>     That's the ASUS Eee PC, which was briefly discussed on this list not
>     long ago. It comes pre-installed with a customised version of Xandros
>     which, like Ubuntu, is based on Debian.
>
>     Without wanting to sound like an ad, this thing is a great piece
>     of kit.
>     It's got both wifi and ethernet networking, Intel graphics with dual
>     monitor support, HD audio with built-in speakers and input/output
>     jacks,
>     3 USB 2.0 ports, webcam, plus an SD/SDHC card slot. It runs on a 4 GB
>     internal flash drive, though some models come with a 2 GB or an 8
>     GB one
>     (which I don't think are available in Australia). The max. battery
>     life
>     is only 3.5 hours, but I think a new model battery with more cells
>     in it
>     is coming out soon.
>
>     I snagged myself one of these just before Xmas and can highly
>     recommend
>     it. It's going to come in very handy when I go back to being a
>     student
>     in a few weeks.
>
>     A community for this device has started up at www.eeeuser.com
>     <http://www.eeeuser.com> , which is
>     packed with howtos and what not, including installing a custom eee PC
>     version of Xubuntu, among many other OSes, although the default
>     Xandros
>     is pretty good for what this thing is designed to be - an easy to use
>     and highly portable lightweight computing device.
>
>
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