Computing

Kubuntu KDE4 on the Eee Mon, 05/05/2008 - 21:53 — nathan

Hardy Heron is here. I was waiting for this release since I was home at Easter a few weeks ago and got my Eee a RAM upgrade. I've now got 2GB in there and really no need for a swap partition any more, so I wanted to do a fresh install and decided to wait until I could install Kubuntu 8.04.

Motivations and Opinions of KDE4

OpenStreetMap - Mapping for the Masses Fri, 04/11/2008 - 21:41 — nathan

OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project, much like Wikipedia but for road maps. The map available on the site is searchable by keyword, postal/zip code etc. like other online map services, but the content is completely royalty free, available under a creative commons license. The map is generated by users of the site with commercial GPS units.

Ubuntu on the EeePC (Part 2) Thu, 02/28/2008 - 22:16 — nathan

After a week or so using Ubuntu on my EeePC, the only times that I had booted back to the original Xandros install were when I had forgotten to hit the ESC key during boot to select the SD card to boot instead of the internal SSD. I decided that it was time I got rid of the installed Xandros properly and just used Ubuntu from the internal SSD. Again the install went really smoothly, using the USB CD drive as before, I did however make a backup of the SSD image before I started.

Ubuntu on the EeePC Thu, 02/14/2008 - 01:01 — nathan

I have just got Ubuntu installed and working on my EeePC. I am posting this now from within a Compiz enabled Gnome desktop via my WiFi connection, so it seems quite compatible. I've only just got this up and running, so I can't really comment on the long term usability of it yet, but before I forget, I will make some notes on what I did to get here.

ASUS EeePC Review Sat, 02/02/2008 - 08:57 — nathan

Manufacturer: ASUSTek
Web: http://eeepc.asus.com
Price: £218.99 inc vat. (dabs.com)
Rating: 5/5

I would be lost without Tinkerbell, (the name I gave my diminutive EeePC on account of it being tiny and magical.) It's been a couple of months that I've had it now, and I still don't feel I've found any serious problems or limitations. In summary it's an awesome machine, well suited to the needs of a mobile geek like me.