Category Archives: Linux

eeePC – the photographer’s friend

The Asus eeePC is great for the photographer on the hoof – especially if your camera uses SD cards which you can just pop in the slot in the side. The default image viewers are okay but leave a bit … Continue reading

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Less is More – the Asus eee PC

OR: NEVER MIND THE $100 LAPTOP, GET A LOAD OF THE £200 LAPTOP! I’ve had my Asus eee PC for a couple of days now, and can set some thoughts down… as you know this is a tiny £200 sub-notebook … Continue reading

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Asus eee PC

Just got my tiny £200 Asus eee PC laptop. Will write a proper review when I’ve played with it for a few days… initial response is very positive… few odd gripes: Had to start broadcasting the SSID on my WiFi … Continue reading

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Tiny cheap solid-state laptop

Tired of waiting for the One Laptop Per Child laptop? How about one of these cuties from RM / Asus? It’ll be £169, uses flash memory not a hard drive, has WiFi and runs Linux. Ticks all the boxes for … Continue reading

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Why Your Neighbour’s WiFi security is so poor

I think I might now know why there are so many unsecured wireless computer networks around. I could never understand this, it seems so stupid to leave your network wide open. Security is easy enough to set up with MacOS … Continue reading

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