What I want out of Ubuntu and my eeepc 900

Edgars Šmits ed.smits at gmail.com
Wed Apr 30 05:50:21 UTC 2008


I got my eee PC last week (4 GB SSHD, 2 GB RAM, webcam incl), didn't
like Xandros, so Friday night I put Hardy on a memstick and installed
it. Except for a small WiFi issue that was easily solved everything
works fine.

ED

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Senectus . <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:45 AM, michael wilson <ubuntu.eeepc at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Thank you muchly.  I wudi-ed it and it is just what I need.  simple, install
>  > what I need and want and thunderbird is already there waiting for me.
>  >
>  > God bless you as you walk you path of enlightenment
>  >
>  > Michael
>  >
>  > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM, B.J. McClure <keepertoad at verizon.net>
>  > wrote:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 13:34 -0700, michael wilson wrote:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > > Ubuntu will not be my primary operating system and the eeepc 900 will
>  > > > not be my primary system.  I want a little system to take to meetings
>  > > > and take notes and access the internet.  because I need to sync things
>  > > > with my windows vista system, I will enter appoints on google calendar
>  > > > and take most notes on google documents.  in meetings where there is
>  > > > no internet access, I will use open office writer and copy the saved
>  > > > file to a usb drive.
>  > > >
>  > > > So all this integration into ubunti gnome and kubuntu is wasted space
>  > > > and wasted applications.
>  > > >
>  > > > Everyone says I need to replace the Xandros with unbuntu because
>  > > > ubuntu is the greatest...if there a stripped down ubuntu that is not a
>  > > > text prompt, that is very basic and allows me to add things as I need
>  > > > them?
>  > > >
>  > > > Blessings,
>  > > >
>  > > > Michael
>  > >
>  > > Have you looked at Xubuntu?  Might be just the ticket for your needs.
>  > >
>  > > Cheers,
>  > > B.J.
>  > >
>  You may also find these two links of interest to you..
>  http://ubuntu-eee.tuxfamily.org/index.php5?title=Community_news
>  http://code.google.com/p/eee-ubuntu-support/
>
>  Keep a weather eye out for Ubuntu on the Asus eee PC, there is a lot
>  going on in that area.
>
>
>
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