Linked by Gary Rennie on Thu 8th Jan 2009 21:06 UTC
To supplement storage space with the initial purchase of the Aspire One (8 GB SSD version), I bought a 16 GB Transcend TS16GBSDHC6 card that integrates nicely into the left card slot. The pre-installed Linux Linpus just wasn't what I needed since I use many networking tools at work and at home. I initially ran Ubuntu 8.041 with the /home partition on the 16 GB SDHC card. I discovered Eeebuntu while searching for information on how to boot and run Linux off a SDHC card. The goal was of multi-boot installations of Ubuntu, with one install specifically loaded with the tools I use at work. The Acer Aspire One BIOS does not 'see' the card, so you can't boot from it using the [F12] startup key (More on the SDHC boot up further in this article).
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2005-09-17
If they can't use synaptic
Have you even tried the thing?
They can pretty well install Windows software (downloading and doubleclicking a Setup.whatever?)or browse and install through a software repository (again, double clicking on a list of names and descriptions?).
Unless, that is, they cannot identify which package format they can download, or have no access to a package manager with access to a software repository, which is how Linpus on the One comes.
Should they be willing to spend time browsing the internet (no), to go round that, when the thing is sold as "easier than the average", and finally get access to a package manager (with a hideous UI), they will get a nice surprise when many of the things do not even install, let alone when they start breaking their desktop and have to reluctantly reach their recovery CD and resign to a castrated system that makes adapting it to one's needs more difficult instead of simpler (and I would not call being able to share files or to open Word docs a thing for techies).
Edited 2009-01-11 09:29 UTC