Eee PC, 4 Months Later | Linux Today

Eee PC, 4 Months Later

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Shawn Powers
Apr 16, 2008

“You may recall about 4 months ago, I reviewed the Eee PC. As it
turned out, the computer was actually a gift from my wife, so
unlike many of the other products I review, I got to keep it. I’m
going to give you the quick rundown of how those 4 months have been
with the little lappy at my side:

“Early on, I formatted the hard drive, and installed a full
version of Ubuntu. I felt the original operating system was too
limiting, and I wanted more power. It worked fine, but
unfortunately, it did increase the startup time, and a few things
never did work quite right…”

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Shawn Powers

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