Text 13483, 81 rader
Skriven 2009-11-23 18:41:28 av Russell Tiedt (5:7105/1)
  Kommentar till text 13473 av Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
Ärende: EEEPC
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Hello Stephen.

21 Nov 09 20:24, you wrote to me:

 SH> I had not tried eeebuntu.  I have been rather partial to Fedora, but
 SH> one of the reasons I preferred Fedora is starting to disappear.
 SH> Fedora now us much like Ubuntu in that it is getting harder to get to
 SH> the root account.  More and more is being done by using the user
 SH> account and sudo.  One can still access root with su - , but then even
 SH> a basic function such as running yumex won't work.  It doesn't allow
 SH> it.  I have to execute the command as a user and then it prompts me
 SH> for the root password.  I think it a bit silly to do things that way,
 SH> but I understand the rationale for it.  They are trying to make things
 SH> easier for unexperienced users.  I am in favor of doing so, but not by
 SH> taking away all options from experienced administrators and/or users.

Silly it is, if I remember correctly "sudo bash" gets you a root shell, and 
"password root" gets you your normal root account back if you really want it 
...

 RT>> Been thinking about that as well, putting part on the SSD disk
 RT>> and home, var and usr on the sd card. Also nice knowing that
 RT>> encryption is a usable option ...


 SH> 4.0 GB Hard Disk (SSD):  210 MB Filesystem, Linux Ext3 (/boot); 3.8 GB
 SH> Encrypted (/)
 SH> 16 GB Hard Disk (SSD):  9.7 GB Encrypted (/home); 4.3 GB Encrypted
 SH> (/usr/share); 2.1 GB Encrypted (Swap)

Looks about right ....

 RT>> eeebuntu has an option for CPU scaling - kicks in when operating
 RT>> from the battery, and goes to full speed ahead when the power is
 RT>> plugged in
 RT>> ...

 SH> Do you have any indicator to show what speed the processor is running?
 SH> I had read that the Celeron didn't really have the ability to scale.
 SH> Given the CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor which is one of the Gnome
 SH> panel applets just sits there at 900 MHz whether or not it is plugged
 SH> in seems to confirm that.  OTOH, the display will dim when the power
 SH> cord is unplugged so it does do some power saving functions
 SH> adequately.

No indicator that I have seen, not that I have gone looking for one, just 
options to that give you three options, sorry I cannot right now give you what 
they say, but one gives you full speed, the other slower speed and hibernate I 
think, my one has just vanished from the task bar, it seems to do that since I 
updated the distro ... <sigh>

 RT>> Mine is a EeePc 700 with a 2Gig SSD and 512M RAM ... , also with
 RT>> a Celeron M processor ...

 SH> You might be able to bump up the RAM without too much difficulty.  I
 SH> raised my 900 to 2 Gb and then a friend with a 700 used my extra 1 Gb
 SH> chip to bump his up to 1 Gb.

Nope, RAM is soldered to the main board ...

 SH> As has yours.  My EeePC has been quite valuable since I became a
 SH> student again.  It is a lot easier to carry than my older Compaq
 SH> Presario.

For my sins, I am chairperson of trustees, of the sectional title complex 
where we live. I had request the Portfolio Manager at or managing agent to 
e-mail me so data, and many promises where made but not delivered upon - while 
visiting hthem at their premises, I hauled out the EeePc and checked my e-mail 
quickly and was able to say, "Sorry, but I have yet to recieve it ... " that I 
couldd use their network to check my mail was also not really appreciated 
,VBEG>

Needles to say, the requirred data was very quickly found, and e-mailed, after 
which I checked my e-mail again, recieved it, and thanked them for being able 
to plug my "'puter" into their network. <VBG>


Russell

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