Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:32:49 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Small notebook platforms. [was: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?] Message-ID: <20090621203249.GA63381@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090621194200.GC63029@thought.org> References: <20090621055235.GA60649@thought.org> <4A3E879F.6020708@hdk5.net> <20090621194200.GC63029@thought.org>
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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
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