My Asus Eee PC’s Linux Journey

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 20, 2008

[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy
for this link. ]

“This previous Christmas, I asked for and was given a brand new
Eee PC (701). When I opened it, the comments around the room came
quickly, ‘That’s a computer?’ and ‘It’s so small’ and ‘What a neat
toy.’ Well, that Toy has been on quite a Linux journey in recent
months. And I’m now running eeeXbuntu on the Eee PC. Here’s how I
arrived at that operating system, along with some clues about where
I may go next.

“When I first received the Eee PC, it took about ten minutes of
charging to get it to boot up, and my pleasure with my Eee was
almost immediate…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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