[plug] Re: [plug-announce] *** PLUG December Seminar - The Eeepc: tips and tricks ***

[Leon Brooks]

On Tuesday 14:08:04 Patrick Coleman wrote:
> Title: "The Eeepc: tips and tricks"
> When: Tuesday, 9th December 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm.
> Where: 'Futuresphere', Christ Church Grammar School
> Presenter: John McCabe-Dansted

> The Eeepc 701 is under a kilogram, and often under $300
> new. This makes it easy to have a full Linux pc with
> you where-ever you go. Despite the low weight and low
> cost the Xandros based OS is snappy for casual use.

> Having used the Eeepc my primary desktop for two weeks,
> the limited nature of the Eeepc's screen, memory, flash
> storage, CPU and supported software was clear. I discuss
> ways of mitigating these limitations, such as;
> - Increasing the virtual resolution of the screen.
> - Compressing the memory with the compcache module.
> - "Overclocking" the CPU (without actually overclocking)
> - Adding Etch repositories safely with APT-pinning.

> Adding additional hardware to the Eeepc will also be
> discussed. Borrowing a proper keyboard, monitor can make
> the Eeepc much nicer to work with when traveling.

Thanks Patrick, John. I plan to be there...

Cheers; Leon