From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 22 16:23:40 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 AB34B1065675 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:23:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from dd12710.kasserver.com (dd12710.kasserver.com [85.13.134.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38CC98FC16 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:23:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp-88-217-52-224.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.52.224]) by dd12710.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1485184EC7CF; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:23:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5MGNbDu001943; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:23:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:23:37 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20090622162337.GA1898@current.Sisis.de> References: <20090622003509.GA64139@thought.org> <20090622052659.GA2232@current.Sisis.de> <20090622154547.GB66962@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20090622154547.GB66962@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT (i386) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: questions on the "ASUS Eee Pc 1000 40G" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:23:40 -0000 El día Monday, June 22, 2009 a las 08:45:47AM -0700, Gary Kline escribió: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 07:26:59AM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > El día Sunday, June 21, 2009 a las 05:35:14PM -0700, Gary Kline escribió: > > > > > i found two at newegg.com. both are the "Eee PC"; both come with > > > linux. this one is the subject line seems to come with 40G of > > > flash/solid state memory. Is this even possible for $400 given > > > current technology? > > > > > > is there any FBSD version available? since it has an rj-45 lan > > > jack, i will be able to download the text-to-speech software i'll > > > need. > > > > > > any feedback? suggestions for fbsd-capable subnotebooks, etc?? > > > > > > gary > > > > You might want to check this page: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AsusEee > > > > I run 8-CURRENT on an EeePC 900 (with 20 GByte SSD); > > > > > i have that page open [in another room]. all the asus Eee's > look nice, but i'd like more meaty info on these computers. > since you're already running 8 on the 900, maybe you can clue > me in. what's the speed of your Atom CPU? CAn you run anything > X--(X Window System)? also, how far can you go before you max > out your computer? RAM, SSD? I only want todemo that a freebsd > computer w/ keyboard can be used with the KDE accessibility > apps. tts primarily. something i could use with the festival > speech tools. As I said, mine is the Asus EeePC 900 which has a 1 GHz Intel CPU, 1 GByte RAM and 20 GByte SSD; I run 8-CURRENT and KDE 3.5.10 on it, which all run fine and fast. The battery (6600 mAh) last around 4.5 hours. You may fetch my older (RELENG_7) installation guide frome here to get more details: http://www.unixarea.de/installEeePC.txt HiH matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD.