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Sun Feb 10 21:45:11 GMT 2008
that is why many have looked to replace it with Ubuntu or Xubuntu. I
personally don't have any experience with it but think that I would most
likely end up replacing the OS too
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:30 AM, TheZorch <thezorch at gmail.com> wrote:
> siblog wrote:
>
> Interesting, now that I have read a little bit more about the Cloudbook
> and the Rocket release of the gOS it appears that it this specific release
> is based on the GNOME desktop environment.
>
> So they moved from Enlightenment to Gnome with gOS Rocket? I thought they
> were still using Enlightenment. If anything I'd think they'd use Xfce since
> its lower on the system resources than full-blown Gnome.
>
>
> I want to pick up either the Asus Eee PC or the Cloudbook and can't seem
> to decide if I want speed or storage. The Eee PC seems to be working
> flawlessly and has a solid state drive, but the storage is minimal and I
> don't like the sounds of the Xandros OS from what I have been reading. The
> Cloudbook on the other hand seems to be slow and is a little rough around
> the edges with some wireless and other OS issues. The upside is that the OS
> is Ubuntu based and the storage is twice the size. I can't decide at this
> point
>
> From what I hear both are selling rather briskly. Briskly enough that
> they are giving Sony fits. They fear that the Eee PC and others like it
> will set a new trend in Ultra-portable notebooks forcing all others to start
> releasing similar products at reduced prices ... basically they're terrified
> of the competition they are getting from a relative newcomer in the notebook
> market. How much slower is the Cloudbook as compared to the Eee PC?
>
> What is it about Xandros you don't like? I know next to nothing about it
> except that its design for multimedia.
>
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<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
So they moved from Enlightenment to Gnome with gOS Rocket? I thought
they were still using Enlightenment. If anything I'd think they'd use
Xfce since its lower on the system resources than full-blown Gnome.<br></blockquote><br>Ya according to Wikipedia and some stuff I have read here and there, the new release of Rocket v2 is in fact using GNOME. This new version will be used by the CloudBook, the gBook laptop, and the gPC mini.<br>
<br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">How much slower is the Cloudbook as
compared to the Eee PC?<br></blockquote><br>In terms of speed the Eee PC can boot within 20 seconds because of the solid state drive, while the Cloudbook is being clocked anywhere from 1 minute 30 seconds to 3 minutes. I would think that the speed once booted is fairly similar but I am not quite sure. The boot speed is not the most important option on the computers but it still is pretty important since it is designed to be a ultraportable machine.<br>
<br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
What is it about Xandros you don't like? <br></blockquote><br>From the reviews I have read the Xandros OS is limited in what it can do and that is why many have looked to replace it with Ubuntu or Xubuntu. I personally don't have any experience with it but think that I would most likely end up replacing the OS too<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 9:30 AM, TheZorch <<a href="mailto:thezorch at gmail.com">thezorch at gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><div class="Ih2E3d">
siblog wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Interesting, now that I have read a little bit more about
the Cloudbook and the Rocket release of the gOS it appears that it this
specific release is based on the GNOME desktop environment.<br>
</blockquote></div>
So they moved from Enlightenment to Gnome with gOS Rocket? I thought
they were still using Enlightenment. If anything I'd think they'd use
Xfce since its lower on the system resources than full-blown Gnome.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><br>
I want to pick up either the Asus Eee PC or the Cloudbook and can't
seem to decide if I want speed or storage. The Eee PC seems to be
working flawlessly and has a solid state drive, but the storage is
minimal and I don't like the sounds of the Xandros OS from what I have
been reading. The Cloudbook on the other hand seems to be slow and is a
little rough around the edges with some wireless and other OS issues.
The upside is that the OS is Ubuntu based and the storage is twice the
size. I can't decide at this point</blockquote></div>
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