Asus EEE PC

[Nick Stockton]

Just curious how did you format the drive and install ubuntu if there is no 
CD-rom or floppy in the unit?
Did you boot from a USB drive or something?

Nick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Georgina Joyce" <gena at mga.demon.co.uk>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: RE: Asus EEE PC


> Someone wrote:
> or has anyone installed ubuntu with orca or speakup?
>
> I reply:
> Hi
>
> Yes I got one, it's great little unit but it's a difficult beast.
>
> It's easy to install Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy on it and get it talking.  However 
> it has 2 problems:
>
> I can't get Madwifi working.  Thus wireless doesn't work.
>
> It won't shutdown properly which is annoying but not very difficult to 
> stop.  From memory it's a matter of passing a power management parameter 
> to the kernel at boot time.
>
> My biggest problem with it is that it is unbalanced.  Thus if the screen 
> is tilted back in typical laptop position, it tips up.  i.e.  The keyboard 
> is lifted off the deck.  The screen is heavier.
>
> The preinstalled stuff is KDE and very tightly tied up.  The manual states 
> that you can't remove any of the preinstalled software and their right. 
> Unless you wipe the disk.
>
> Oh and that's another thing.  I haven't found a complete version of the 
> manual yet either.
>
> Gena
>
>
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