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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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Puppeee for you Asus EEE

Clair Ching — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:58:10 +0000

If the default distro doesn’t work out for you and you don’t feel like using the Xubuntu made for the EEE, you have another option: Puppeee. It is based on Puppy Linux, a distro written for ease of use and efficiency. The review on Linux.com has to say this about Puppeee:

During boot, the entire system loads into RAM and runs from there, which significantly boosts the system’s overall speed and saves the Eee PC’s solid state disk (SSD) from unnecessary wear. Better yet, since Eee PC’s SSD is soldered to the motherboard and cannot be replaced, you can still use the machine with Puppeee if the SSD dies by booting from an external device.

As you would expect, Puppeee sports good support for Eee PC hardware, so pretty much everything works right out of the box, including wireless and wired network interfaces, sound, webcam, microphone, and the SD card slot.

I don’t have an EEE pc, but it makes me curious. I just don’t know if the ones in computer shops would let me try it out just for the heck of it. Must ask around when I go to the mall.

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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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