I don't really come from outer space21 November 2008 21:50 So I've bitten the bullet and ordered an ASUS Eee PC 901 W006 from Amazon. This has 1Gb of memory, 20Gb of solid-state storage, and is preloaded with Linux. All being well it will arrive tomorrow, and then I can try installing Lenny upon it. From the Debian Wiki it seems to be a painless process. I guess we'll see.. ObFilm: Twelve Monkeys Tags: asus, eee pc, lenny 3 comments
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I fancy getting an Acer Aspire One, it's a bit cheaper than the Asus.
I'm told with a careful Debian install battery life of more than 12 hours is easily possible on either.
Good film Twelve Monkeys...
I've havered over choosing a model for so long now that I just decided to pick the model that local people own. I've only had it a day so far, but it is very smart. Installing Lenny was unbelievably easy, and everything I've tried has worked with only one exception:
The thing that fails? Flash. When I install the flash plugin from Adobe iceweasel segfaults. I'll look at that later, not a huge problem for me but a real surprise. I've got flash working on AMD64 so I assumed x86 would be easy! According to the battery status applet on my GNOME desktop I've got about four hours of life. Whether that is accurate I don't know. Either way I'd expect longer if the wifi is off.
You could try ibam to get a more accurate battery life measurement.
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