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Easy Peasy

Clair Ching — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:27:36 +0000

Easy Peasy seems to be interesting enough for me to try it out — if I could download the iso without a hitch. It’s going to take me more than an hour to get the iso and I just hope that everything will work fine. The review on Cooking with Linux makes me want to try it out. It sems to have Skype — something I’ve never really gotten to work quite right.

Things that got me interested in Easy Peasy:

Skype (the need to call up people abroad makes it necessary for me)
multimedia codecs
wifi
graphics

Also, the blogger mentioned that Easy Peasy seems to have support for Acer Aspire One. It’s a big deal for me, of course. And if ever this is useful information for friends of mine using the Asus EEE.

Hopefully I’d be able to test it within the weekend so I could post my own review and some screenshots for you to see. If you’ve got your own reviews, feel free to comment so I could link to your blog entries.

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WPA without ndiswrapper on Xandros (for Asus EEE)

Clair Ching — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:02:19 +0000

Timelady gave me a lovely link for all you Asus EEE users out there. It’s a guide on configuring WPA on Xandros.

What does it involve?

Removing the WPA supplicant installed by default.
Installing WPA supplicant from the Debian repositories.
Installing MadWifi drivers.
Creating wpa_supplicant.conf_MINE
Creating a new network configuration.
Making sure that you fix the network monitor icon.

The steps are all there and you just need to follow them one by one.

Hope that helps you with your wifi needs! All thanks to the people of the EEE User wiki and Timelady.

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Win an Asus EEE via Laptop Mag

Clair Ching — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:24:46 +0000

I saw a promo on Laptop Mag that they are giving away an Asus EEE if you answer their survey. The contest applies only to US residents though.

Some questions on the survey are about comparing the OSes on the Asus EEE. Even if you’ve never owned one, it’s ok. There are what-if-you-owned-an-asus-eee type of questions so there’s not much risk for you.

It’s hitting two birds with one stone: get your opinion heard through the survey and join a contest. How can anyone resist that?

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Want to overclock your Asus EEE?

Clair Ching — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:07:07 +0000

Overclock your Asus EEE

Lilliputing has a tip for all you Asus EEE fans and users out there.

If you’re running Xandros, you can check out EeeControl. The latest version of the Ubuntu Script Pack should have you covered if you’ve installed Ubuntu. And for Windows users, there’s Eeectl.

But there’s a warning that you might be sacrificing your battery life if you want to do this to your EEE. Another problem you might encounter is the heating up of your EEE. It could be important for you to have a longer battery life so you might want to stick with the default settings.

Fortunately installing the Ubuntu EEE Script isn’t complicated.

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TV Tuner for the Asus EEE

Clair Ching — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:21:23 +0000

A Hong Kong magazine was reported to have tested TV tuners for the Asus EEE. The drivers are for My Cinema U3100 Mini DVB-T and DMB-TH tuners. The article about the TV tuners was talking about how it worked:

…HDTV channels broadcasting in this format won’t play on Eee. Other channels sent over in MPEG-2 were played back properly. One caveat is that software doesn’t come with recording function…

Well, it’s been designed for learning and surfing, not really much for entertainment purposes (and it really isn’t so much fun to watch on such a small screen, if you ask me!). I suppose there will be some who’d love to have it work as an entertainment unit as well but that seems like shooting for the stars already. Unless of course, Asus decides to upgrade it and give it a performance boost so that more consumers would be able to find something affordable and practically an all-around gadget.

If you want to try out the tuners, you could download drivers from Asus.

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Asus EEE lovin’

Clair Ching — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:59:17 +0000

Everytime I hear or read someone’s happy review of the Asus EEE with the bundled Linux, I can’t help but smile. And I also say to myself that these people are the reason why manufacturers musn’t limit themselves to bundling their computers with Microsoft Windows Vista or XP.

As Richard Ingram says on Palm Addicts:

I am not quite that adventurous. I don’t even have any plans on installing WindowsXP. I am having too much fun exploring the default Linux OS. I am also staying with the default tabbed desktop for the forseeable future. It does everything I need. I have found that adding software to Linux is not really difficult. It’s just a matter of find the right package to install. – 15 Feb 2008

See? It’s really quite easy! You might as well look for testimonials like this one when you’re trying to convince your mom or dad to buy you one

Actually, I realized today that having an Asus EEE around might be a good thing in the future especially when I am going out and still want to use my computer be it for internet access or something like watching a bunch of video clips or taking down notes. It’s also nifty when going to events and I’d like my pictures to be downloaded to the computer immediately or burn discs with such images so that I could share them with other people. (Yeah because chances are, I’d buy a portable DVD drive by the time I actually end up getting an Asus EEE! And well, there’s still the option of sharing it via a USB hard drive or flashdrive but why not discs?!)

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NotebookReview.com reviews the Asus EEE again

Clair Ching — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:46:33 +0000

They reviewed the Asus EEE PC again and they don’t regret giving it the Editor’s Choice Award. Indeed, they emphasized the appeal of the ultraportable: it’s affordable and you could do the basic stuff that you want. It wasn’t really meant for heavy duty working. If you want something like that you could try some of the regular laptops.

The truth is you can get a much more powerful laptop for the same amount of money if you’re willing do deal with a larger notebook. However, no other laptop on the market gives you this much computer in such a small package for such a low price … at least for now.

As I said last year, the Eee PC can’t replace a full-featured desktop or notebook, but it makes the perfect choice if you are in the market for an ultraportable notebook for school, work, or travel. – Asus Eee PC Review Part 2: Budget Subnotebook Perfection

The article also noted some of the improvements in the battery which will be released this February or next month. It might add some weight to the machine but the battery life will be a blessing indeed!

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