So I bought myself an Asus eee PC. It is small, lightweight, and great to carry around for writing on the go. See, I have a new calling when it comes to writing. But more on that later. Anyway, this little machine came with a Linux distribution on it called "Xandros". It was good for a day or two, but then I started noticing problems. The system kept asking for updates that were not there. It also would crash too often because the computer would run out of storage space? Did I mention that it only has 4 gigabytes of storage space?
While 4GB might not seem like enough, it is enough for me. The plus side of this little machine is that the hard drive is what they call a solid state drive (SSD). SSD are known for resisting impacts and for being lower consumers of energy. The bad thing is that they are new, and so they are costly. This amount of storage space is enough for me because this will not be my primary computer, and I plan to use it more for internet surfing and for writing. Both of these activities do not require much memory use.
My main computer will now sit at home and serve more as a desktop for getting things done in my home "office". Besides, I dropped it the other day, and it will now be three weeks before I get it back. (The repairs to it were free, though.) So I will use the netbook, as these mini-laptops are called, for writing on the go and the main one for working from home.
At any rate, I am very happy with this little monster now that I've taken Xandros out and installed "Easy Peasy Linux", a variation on "Ubuntu" Linux. By the way, I tried successfully to install Windows XP on it, and it ran well for a little bit. Then, all the windows updates were installed and slowed it down way too much. Easy Peasy is just that... Easy to install, easy to use, and it has all the Linux and Open Source software that I need to get things done. It even has Open Office, which I can use in a pinch to punch out a spreadsheet or even a paper.
Of course, there are other things that have made me very happy recently, but those are for a post at a later time.
While 4GB might not seem like enough, it is enough for me. The plus side of this little machine is that the hard drive is what they call a solid state drive (SSD). SSD are known for resisting impacts and for being lower consumers of energy. The bad thing is that they are new, and so they are costly. This amount of storage space is enough for me because this will not be my primary computer, and I plan to use it more for internet surfing and for writing. Both of these activities do not require much memory use.
My main computer will now sit at home and serve more as a desktop for getting things done in my home "office". Besides, I dropped it the other day, and it will now be three weeks before I get it back. (The repairs to it were free, though.) So I will use the netbook, as these mini-laptops are called, for writing on the go and the main one for working from home.
At any rate, I am very happy with this little monster now that I've taken Xandros out and installed "Easy Peasy Linux", a variation on "Ubuntu" Linux. By the way, I tried successfully to install Windows XP on it, and it ran well for a little bit. Then, all the windows updates were installed and slowed it down way too much. Easy Peasy is just that... Easy to install, easy to use, and it has all the Linux and Open Source software that I need to get things done. It even has Open Office, which I can use in a pinch to punch out a spreadsheet or even a paper.
Of course, there are other things that have made me very happy recently, but those are for a post at a later time.
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