Comments on: I want an Eee PC http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/ Tech from an e-booker's point of view Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Ellen Hage Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:50:03 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-333 Christopher, Tried your email address, but it came back undeliverable. Ellen Christopher,

Tried your email address, but it came back undeliverable.

Ellen

]]> By: Christopher Lawton http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Christopher Lawton Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:37:41 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-329 Hi Ellen, My name is Christopher Lawton. I am a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and based in San Francisco, Calif. I enjoyed reading your blog about e-books and in particular your thoughts on the Eee PC. I was wondering if we could connect offline over the phone to talk about the Eee PC for a story I am working on. I'd be happy to explain the story further if you wanted to email me directly at christopher.lawton@wsj.com. Thanks much. I hope to hear from you. Best, Christopher Lawton Hi Ellen,
My name is Christopher Lawton. I am a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and based in San Francisco, Calif. I enjoyed reading your blog about e-books and in particular your thoughts on the Eee PC. I was wondering if we could connect offline over the phone to talk about the Eee PC for a story I am working on. I’d be happy to explain the story further if you wanted to email me directly at christopher.lawton@wsj.com. Thanks much. I hope to hear from you.

Best,
Christopher Lawton

]]> By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Ellen Hage Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:57:49 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-303 Thanks Andrew, I wanted to email you, but I didn't want to intrude. Will be in touch soon. Ellen Thanks Andrew,
I wanted to email you, but I didn’t want to intrude. Will be in touch soon.

Ellen

]]> By: Andrew M. Kasper http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Andrew M. Kasper Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:32:02 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-302 Ellen: Feel free to email me if you continue to experience problems connecting to the Internet from the Live Boot CD. I'm not an expert, but I can likely help and/or point you to an appropriate web page. andrew dot m dot kasper at gmail dot com Regards, AMK Ellen:

Feel free to email me if you continue to experience problems connecting to the Internet from the Live Boot CD. I’m not an expert, but I can likely help and/or point you to an appropriate web page.

andrew dot m dot kasper at gmail dot com

Regards,
AMK

]]> By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Ellen Hage Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:33:29 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-301 Eduardo, I use Word Press to run the blog. As far as running Ubuntu on usb I have been searching tonite and so far it doesn't seem like a good idea. I have made my CD and tried using it on my Dell laptop, but it won't connect to the Internet. More research and it seems it may be my Inspiron E1705. So I will try it on another computer. Other than that I feel like it was having a great big N800. I love it and all the apps and games that came with the program. WOW! I just realize that you said you were typing on a XO! as far as I know there is no flash on my blog. I am trying to keep it as simple as possble. Once I get my Eee Pc I will certainly report back here. You must write up a review on the XO and I will post it here or if you have a blog let me know so that others can get this info. I feel honored that you dropped by! Ellen Eduardo,
I use Word Press to run the blog. As far as running Ubuntu on usb I have been searching tonite and so far it doesn’t seem like a good idea. I have made my CD and tried using it on my Dell laptop, but it won’t connect to the Internet. More research and it seems it may be my Inspiron E1705. So I will try it on another computer. Other than that I feel like it was having a great big N800. I love it and all the apps and games that came with the program.

WOW! I just realize that you said you were typing on a XO! as far as I know there is no flash on my blog. I am trying to keep it as simple as possble. Once I get my Eee Pc I will certainly report back here. You must write up a review on the XO and I will post it here or if you have a blog let me know so that others can get this info. I feel honored that you dropped by!

Ellen

]]> By: Eduardo Silva http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Eduardo Silva Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:12:25 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-300 You can run from a USB, but it isn't quite as simple as downloading something and putting it on a usb key. Search for it and you'll probably find instructions. P.S.-What blog system are you using here? I'm typing this on a XO, and while it isn't the paradigm of what web should be, it is a bit slow to print caracters as I type in this commentary box. As I scroll up and down, it's fast though. This also happens on a few other websites, but usually it's on those with too much flash content, but I don't see any here (or is the title bar aflash?). Be sure to give out your experiences with the Asus plaptop. Indeed we live in interesting times!h flash content, of which I can't see here... hmm.. oh well You can run from a USB, but it isn’t quite as simple as downloading something and putting it on a usb key. Search for it and you’ll probably find instructions.
P.S.-What blog system are you using here? I’m typing this on a XO, and while it isn’t the paradigm of what web should be, it is a bit slow to print caracters as I type in this commentary box.
As I scroll up and down, it’s fast though. This also happens on a few other websites, but usually it’s on those with too much flash content, but I don’t see any here (or is the title bar aflash?). Be sure to give out your experiences with the Asus plaptop. Indeed we live in interesting times!h flash content, of which I can’t see here… hmm.. oh well

]]> By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Ellen Hage Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:07:31 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-299 Andrew, Another thought. Can I run Ubuntu from a USB thumb/flash drive? Ellen Andrew,

Another thought. Can I run Ubuntu from a USB thumb/flash drive?

Ellen

]]> By: Ellen Hage http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Ellen Hage Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:00:46 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-298 Thanks So much Andrew, It's funny you suggested Ubuntu. Out of all the Linux flavors this was the one that stood out the most to me. I just didn't know where to begin or if I could run it from a CD. I'm downloading this today. I am so excited. Ellen Thanks So much Andrew,

It’s funny you suggested Ubuntu. Out of all the Linux flavors this was the one that stood out the most to me. I just didn’t know where to begin or if I could run it from a CD. I’m downloading this today. I am so excited.

Ellen

]]> By: Andrew Kasper http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Andrew Kasper Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:25:57 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-297 Ack, it didn't retain my HTML! (Even though the preview said it would). Just for the record, the steps are: 1) Download Ubuntu [or Kubuntu, or Xubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com/ 2) Burn the CD. 3) Put the CD into your drive. 4) Reboot. Best of luck. Ack, it didn’t retain my HTML! (Even though the preview said it would). Just for the record, the steps are:

1) Download Ubuntu [or Kubuntu, or Xubuntu]: http://www.ubuntu.com/
2) Burn the CD.
3) Put the CD into your drive.
4) Reboot.

Best of luck.

]]> By: Andrew Kasper http://www.techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Andrew Kasper Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:23:47 +0000 http://techusers.org/2007/09/29/73/#comment-296 For Linux, you don't need to wait 'til you have a not-gonna-use-it-seriously-anymore-laptop. My recommendation to you, so that you can get used to Linux is this: Download Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download)Burn the image to a CD.Put the CD into your drive and reboot. When you restart, you'll be able to boot Ubuntu Linux from the CD. You won't have to install anything on your hard drive. Moreover, it won't touch your file system or mess with anything unless you tell it to. If, after a while, you decide that you like what you see, you still don't have to uninstall Windows. You can install Ubuntu on a separate partition; when you boot your computer, you'll be given the choice of starting Windows or starting Ubuntu. Admittedly, this is a bit tougher and can even be a bit dangerous; I don't recommend doing this 'til you're sure you love Ubuntu. Love the blog, keep up the great work. --An Ubuntu Evangelist For Linux, you don’t need to wait ’til you have a not-gonna-use-it-seriously-anymore-laptop. My recommendation to you, so that you can get used to Linux is this:

Download Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download)Burn the image to a CD.Put the CD into your drive and reboot.

When you restart, you’ll be able to boot Ubuntu Linux from the CD. You won’t have to install anything on your hard drive. Moreover, it won’t touch your file system or mess with anything unless you tell it to.

If, after a while, you decide that you like what you see, you still don’t have to uninstall Windows. You can install Ubuntu on a separate partition; when you boot your computer, you’ll be given the choice of starting Windows or starting Ubuntu. Admittedly, this is a bit tougher and can even be a bit dangerous; I don’t recommend doing this ’til you’re sure you love Ubuntu.

Love the blog, keep up the great work.

–An Ubuntu Evangelist

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