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Ubuntu Eee

Netbooks are just going to get better

by Tris Hussey on November 1, 2008 · 5 comments

in Internet Life

I picked up an Asus Eee PC 901 just before I went on vacation. I got it because I figured I could get some writing done and such. I didn’t really tap into it’s power then, sure I wrote some, but I stayed offline the whole time in Jamaica so it’s utility wasn’t huge.
Several months later I could almost leave my laptop at home all the time and just tote my “little laptop” around. Since I live and work 95% of the time in the cloud, I don’t need [...]

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Close but no cigar for me and Ubuntu on my Eee PC.

by Tris Hussey on October 28, 2008 · 5 comments

in Internet Life, Web 2.0

Mark Evans’ idea for a BlogBook is a great one—How About a BlogBook? | Mark Evans—, but you don’t have to wait for marketing geniuses to create one, it’s pretty simple to just DIY it.
Having a mobile blogging station was the primary reason that I bought my Eee PC (which has already been surpassed by later models, sigh) and I really put it to the test on Saturday at both The Vancouver Health Show and Media Democracy Day.
I was really impressed with how it faired really. Funny thing, it turned [...]

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