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It’s just data

Eee Owner


Seeing a sub-$300 Linux-based ASUS EEE PC 900A on the shelves at a retail store… I couldn’t resist making an impulse purchase.

Even with the “Easy Mode” UI in place, all it takes is a Ctrl+Alt+T and I have a bash shell, ready to ssh into my other machines. 

The keyboard is small but functional.  I can touch type, albeit with higher than normal error rates at this point.  The trackpad is a bit sensitive.  Meanwhile, I’m using the keyboard more for navigation.

/home/user> df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                  490020     91194    373524  20% /
/dev/sda1              3359375   2501375    858000  75% /.ro
/dev/sda2               490020     91194    373524  20% /.rw
none                    490020     91194    373524  20% /
tmpfs                   514080        12    514068   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                   131072        28    131044   1% /tmp
/dev/sda1              3359375   2501375    858000  75% /ro
/home/user>

Not much in the way of free space, but if I want to store something big, I can use the SD slot.

This post was entered on my new Eee.