From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 20:32:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34FD91065670 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:32:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C893E8FC18 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:32:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5LKWpAE090721; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:32:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:32:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:32:49 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Al Plant Message-ID: <20090621203249.GA63381@thought.org> References: <20090621055235.GA60649@thought.org> <4A3E879F.6020708@hdk5.net> <20090621194200.GC63029@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090621194200.GC63029@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Small notebook platforms. [was: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:32:55 -0000 On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 12:42:00PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 09:18:55AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: > > >i have another issue that has more to do with freebsd on the new and > > >lost cost notebook computers i had heard of. how many and which ones > > >work best with our flavor of BSD. turns out that sometimes things-ubuntu > > >fail, and i need something failsafe and with a keyboard. i'll explain > > >later, but if i can use a lightweight computer that has audio with the > > >kde apps, i can create a reasonably priced tts or speech synthesizer that > > >would be accessible to a great many people. instead of the $8-9 kilobuck > > >windose devs. > > > [[ munch ]] > > > > > I hear some people on the list have FreeBSD on Asus Eee net books and it > > is working well. > > [[ munch ]] okay. i'm on the eeepc.asus.com site. but don't see much info on the spec. i bot asus once years ago and the motherboard crapped out on me after a year. but by now, should be more reliable. anyway, i see only wireless, and i'm cat5 only. i've got a 13-yr-old people here who would love for me to go wireless so said people could take her apple macbook into her bedroom and so on. well, said people need to be not hiding-in-room, in my opinion as said people's father. so is there any other cute notebooks like this "EEe Pc" that have cable? oh, and this tiny thing doesn't look big enough to have any speakers. since the main point of this experiment is to allow typing onthe kde tts apps and have voice output, a speaker is a must-have. feedback, you guys? gary ps: the 7" deal is serious cute, but the kybd is tiny and while i have no hand tremor or anything, i'd probably fat-finger most keys. anybody have the small asus? -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php