Comments on: The Asus EEE 900: A Nice Little Surprise http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129136.php An Indian technology blog with reviews, opinions and more. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129136.php/comment-page-1#comment-45891 James Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:09:16 +0000 http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/?p=136#comment-45891 The problem is that the installed Xandros Linux is set up to use UnionFS, which was originally a way to let you run from CD while keeping files that change on a flash drive. It always keeps the original versions of packages intact, which is what uses up so much space on the tiny 4GB SSD. If you have an Eee 900A, the very first thing you should do is wipe Xandros Linux from it, and install a Linux distribution that does _not_ use UnionFS. I went with Ubuntu Eee (now Easy Peasy), and had nearly a gigabyte of free space to play with, even after updating several packages. (Ultimately I spent USD20 to max it out on RAM (2 GB) and USD100 (nowadays it's less) for a much faster 32 GB SSD, and it flies. The problem is that the installed Xandros Linux is set up to use UnionFS, which was originally a way to let you run from CD while keeping files that change on a flash drive. It always keeps the original versions of packages intact, which is what uses up so much space on the tiny 4GB SSD.

If you have an Eee 900A, the very first thing you should do is wipe Xandros Linux from it, and install a Linux distribution that does _not_ use UnionFS. I went with Ubuntu Eee (now Easy Peasy), and had nearly a gigabyte of free space to play with, even after updating several packages.

(Ultimately I spent USD20 to max it out on RAM (2 GB) and USD100 (nowadays it’s less) for a much faster 32 GB SSD, and it flies.

]]> By: satishk http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129136.php/comment-page-1#comment-43002 satishk Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:25:11 +0000 http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/?p=136#comment-43002 The asue EEE 900: A Nice Little Surprise its very nice Article Laptop or notebook itself is super light and super small. It runs about the size of a New York Times bestseller and way weight less. and its Amazing that 20 minutes after removing the PC from the box the hard drive was completely full and I think its a pretty and very good is'nt it is looking for a very portable economical laptop for web surfing and email so i like this The asue EEE 900: A Nice Little Surprise its very nice Article Laptop or notebook itself is super light and super small. It runs about the size of a New York Times bestseller and way weight less. and its Amazing that 20 minutes after removing the PC from the box the hard drive was completely full and I think its a pretty and very good is’nt it is looking for a very portable economical laptop for web surfing and email so i like this

]]> By: Boycott Novell » Do-No-Evil Saturday - Part I: OpenSUSE… Plus a Little Bit of SLED and Xandros http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/221129136.php/comment-page-1#comment-39375 Boycott Novell » Do-No-Evil Saturday - Part I: OpenSUSE… Plus a Little Bit of SLED and Xandros Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:57:09 +0000 http://www.dailyindia.com/blog/?p=136#comment-39375 [...] reviews of the Eee PC carried on coming and from the Indian press came this article which mentions Xandros by name (that becomes more of a rarity because of Microsoft tricks). The [...] [...] reviews of the Eee PC carried on coming and from the Indian press came this article which mentions Xandros by name (that becomes more of a rarity because of Microsoft tricks). The [...]

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