[vox] linux on the eee pc

[Brian Lavender]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:45:23PM -0700, Norm Matloff wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 05:16:24PM -0700, Henry House wrote:
> > ----- Forwarded message from Adam Costanzo <adam_costanzo at yahoo.com>
>  
> > I'm thinking of picking up an eee pc (don't worry I won't install XP).
> > However, I'd like to see it in action before I buy. I was wondering if
> > you could put me in touch with any LUGOD members who have them that
> > might be willing to give a brief demo. I figure that LUGOD would be a
> > good place to find someone who has one. 
> 
> Best Buy stores actually have the machine on display, connected to the
> Web, so you can give it a try there.  The keyboard is pretty tiny.
> 
> There are now lots of machines coming out in this category.  HP, Dell,
> Acer and various others have products here.  The Acer machine is on
> display, connected to the Web, at Circuit City stores.  The keyboard is
> decent.

The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 comes with Ubuntu 8.0.4 preinstalled. There are
two reviews on it on Dell's website.

brian
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