Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, there was a bad charging circuit on the mobo that prevented the battery from charging so I had to return it (Linux showed 96% capacity available but the eee wouldn't charge past 30% or so even after 24 hours). :(
Oh well, that's the risk in buying refurbished items I guess. Mark On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Todd A. Jacobs <nos...@codegnome.org>wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 04:24:52PM -0700, Mark wrote: > > > FYI, for anyone looking at this in the future, eeebuntu is a > > derivative of ubuntu designed specifically for the eee pc line. I > > installed via usb flash drive in 20 mins using the .iso and > > unetbootin, with not one single tweak needed. ~1.7 GB installation > > footprint. Amazing. > > Yes, but at last check eeebuntu does not have a signed repository. The > developers apparently don't understand the need for one, or why one > should care about having authenticated debs. > > If you care about security at all, I'd really recommend avoiding > eeebuntu for the time being. The latest Fedora installs flawlessly on my > 8GB Eee 702, and the Ubuntu netbook remix works reasonably well but > currently has poor support for the graphics chip on my model > (characterized by jerky performance in X). > > Like all distros, your mileage may vary. > > -- > "Oh, look: rocks!" > -- Doctor Who, "Destiny of the Daleks" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
