5 Aug
2009
5 Aug
'09
7:14 p.m.
I have loaded the standard Ubuntu 9.04 on my Asus 901. Works great.
The screen resolution is 1024x600 which is adequate, but is a little
low. The keyboard on the 9" Asus Eepc's are cramped. The 10" is much
closer to the laptop sized keyboard.
I use an USB-to-RS232 adapter to talk to my paper tape reader and my
DecTapeII drive. The small size of the netbook is quite handy for use
as a portable terminal.
Wireless works properly on my Asus machine using the latest standard
Ubuntu 9.04 release. I have not tried using Bluetooth with it. I
upgraded the memory in mine from 1GB to 2GB. Boot time is impressive.
<30 seconds for full boot. <10 seconds for resume from standby.
Feel free to contact me offline if you have any questions.
--barrym