Comments on: Best Buy will Sell Linux Computers

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:30:06 +0000

I have one too and I love it – 4G is a little misleading though. After the install and the hidden backup partition, you only have 1.2 Gb free. I got an 8Gb SDHC card and auto-mount it as a drive. Only problem is i sometimes lose directories upon reboot, along with everything inside of them. A part of me wishes I’d waited for the 9″ Eee PC, but I’ll just use mine to death and then upgrate to the latest and greatest.

By: Federico Contreras

Federico Contreras — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:00:11 +0000

I’m posting this message from mine right now. I love it, it has become my constant companion. Living in the Montreal shopping district I’m never far from a wifi spot.Plus I love the attention, everytime I use mine (or my gf uses hers) we get comments about it, people can’t resist asking about it =)I have eeexubuntu on mine and she installed full-blown ubuntu with the wobbly windows and everything on hers (on 512MB ram). I am personally thinking of migrating my mail entirely to a portable disk and using this little box for anything that’s not gaming or design.They really are great computers =) and tough as nails too!

By: Thomas Robey

Thomas Robey — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:08:41 +0000

I think the Eee is an excellent mobile computer. Except for some of the wireless networking glitches I've experienced in the last few months, I really like it. Here's my take.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:32:31 +0000

I am the owner of an EEE (4GB). Although the thing is fine, I’d not claim that 4G is plenty. On the contrary, I tend to install a lot of stuff, and it fills up fast. If you don’t use too many applications and/or you get a 16GB SD card, you’ll do just fine. I also upgraded to 2GB RAM right away (I am a rather demanding user, plus the more RAM = the less I have to hit Flash or whatever, so things run faster). So I can’t say with certainty that 512MB is plenty, I’ve heard others with the stock RAM say it’s just fine.If you see a happy EEE user in New Orleans next week, chances are good that it’s me. 😉

By: mlf

mlf — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:15:51 +0000

I’m really looking forward to this sassy little HP UMPC which will have a Linux option: http://www.engadget.com/tag/2133/