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Ubuntu 10.04 On Asus 1000 EEE PC

Posted in Misc on May 9th, 2010

Yesterday I decided it was time to upgrade my netbook to Ubuntu, v10.04. It didn’t go smoothly. Here’s how I got the wireless connectivity working.

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Still No Goldilocks Netbook

Posted in Misc on Apr 29th, 2009

I am back in the market for a laptop and willing to get rid of my too small to type on Asus EEE PC 1000 and my overweight Samsung R60+ (3kg plus adaptor), acquired because I had to type. Recently, I finally laid hands on the Samsung NC20 (favourable Wired review here; video here). It’s [...]

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Bluetooth Keyboards Again

Posted in Misc on Mar 18th, 2009

I considered bringing my Ubuntu-powered Asus 1000 netbook on this trip but decided in favour of the much larger Samsung R60+ (which I reviewed here). It runs Vista and Office 2007 and would make working with Microsoft Office documents a bit easier. A netbook with a long battery life would have been ideal, but only [...]

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Netbook And Phone Convergence

Posted in Misc on Jan 4th, 2009

It seems that Samsung will be the first to upsize a netbook to a mini laptop with a decent keyboard while retaining many of the advantages of the netbook. The Samsung NC20 looks very nice indeed (more here). I’ll wait a bit longer for something similar with Wireless-N built in, maybe even WiMax. Uh oh, [...]

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It’s The Keyboard, Stupid

Posted in Misc on Dec 18th, 2008

A Mac-using friend sent me this link to an article on how Mac users were taking matters into their own hands and installing OSX on mini-notebooks. He complains of lack of time, funds and… desire. What happened to the two out of three rule? (The Iron Triangle rehearsed in project management in business school was, [...]

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