Comments on: My little Asus Eee PC http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/ From a radio futurologist - where broadcast radio and new platforms collide. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:46:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Top of the blogs for 2008 - blog - James Cridland http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-34796 Top of the blogs for 2008 - blog - James Cridland Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:42:46 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-34796 [...] My little Asus Eee PC which in the end was too slow and had a crap keyboard. Haven’t eBayed it yet. Better get onto [...] [...] My little Asus Eee PC which in the end was too slow and had a crap keyboard. Haven’t eBayed it yet. Better get onto [...]

]]> By: James Cridland http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-33040 James Cridland Sun, 18 May 2008 11:07:56 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-33040 I ought to mention that I've replied to Doug separately. I don't agree that every byte of data that the BBC has should be public; but I do strongly believe that if a company cannot trust its employees with its data, then it should sack its employees and bring in trustworthy ones. I ought to mention that I’ve replied to Doug separately.

I don’t agree that every byte of data that the BBC has should be public; but I do strongly believe that if a company cannot trust its employees with its data, then it should sack its employees and bring in trustworthy ones.

]]> By: Dan http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-33039 Dan Sun, 18 May 2008 11:04:51 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-33039 Andy -- have a look at Funpidgin, I believe it has MSN video chat enabled (Pidgin should have it too, but the developers aren't keen on listening to their users). Doug -- heaven forbid BBC information, which we've paid for, should "leak out". We the people who pay your salary should have access to every last byte of data the BBC has. Andy — have a look at Funpidgin, I believe it has MSN video chat enabled (Pidgin should have it too, but the developers aren’t keen on listening to their users).

Doug — heaven forbid BBC information, which we’ve paid for, should “leak out”. We the people who pay your salary should have access to every last byte of data the BBC has.

]]> By: Andy S http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32992 Andy S Fri, 09 May 2008 11:14:44 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-32992 I just bought a new ASUS 900 for my girlfriend's birthday present. As my previous experience with Linux has been a bit disappointing from an ease of use perspective - the Xandros system supplied with the EeePC was a very pleasant surprise. In terms of ease of use - it beats any Windows environment I've ever used hands down. My girlfriend is not geeky at all - and she found it dead easy to use out of the box. Had Skype working with the webcam in a couple of minutes. Her only (minor) disappointments were that Pidgin doesn't seem to support MSN video (webcam) streams and that it doesn't come with Spider Solitaire (which I'll look at fixing when I'm allowed to play on it). I've yet to determine how easy it is to install new applications - I can see there are Linux versions of Spider out there though some folks seem to be saying the Windows version is much nicer and it's best to install WINE to run that instead. ** Following on the InfoSec comments above - I assume your 4gig memory stick has an encrypted area if you use it to hold corporate files. I just bought a new ASUS 900 for my girlfriend’s birthday present. As my previous experience with Linux has been a bit disappointing from an ease of use perspective – the Xandros system supplied with the EeePC was a very pleasant surprise. In terms of ease of use – it beats any Windows environment I’ve ever used hands down. My girlfriend is not geeky at all – and she found it dead easy to use out of the box. Had Skype working with the webcam in a couple of minutes. Her only (minor) disappointments were that Pidgin doesn’t seem to support MSN video (webcam) streams and that it doesn’t come with Spider Solitaire (which I’ll look at fixing when I’m allowed to play on it). I’ve yet to determine how easy it is to install new applications – I can see there are Linux versions of Spider out there though some folks seem to be saying the Windows version is much nicer and it’s best to install WINE to run that instead.

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Following on the InfoSec comments above – I assume your 4gig memory stick has an encrypted area if you use it to hold corporate files.

]]> By: Doug Crabbe http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32984 Doug Crabbe Thu, 08 May 2008 14:48:11 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-32984 thanks for your comment on my pingback - I'm not criticising your use of the device and I am aware that you weren't connecting it to the Beeb's network - it was perhaps a slightly glib remark intended to refelect my concern at the number of non-corporate controlled devices being used for work purposes... Unless these devices are used solely as "front ends" to web services accessed across a secured connection ( with caching naturally turned off ) then there will inevitably be a leakage of corporate data onto the device... Hence Blackberry's can be remotely wiped and MS Exchange can force a password policy onto Smartphones... thanks for your comment on my pingback – I’m not criticising your use of the device and I am aware that you weren’t connecting it to the Beeb’s network – it was perhaps a slightly glib remark intended to refelect my concern at the number of non-corporate controlled devices being used for work purposes…

Unless these devices are used solely as “front ends” to web services accessed across a secured connection ( with caching naturally turned off ) then there will inevitably be a leakage of corporate data onto the device…

Hence Blackberry’s can be remotely wiped and MS Exchange can force a password policy onto Smartphones…

]]> By: Doug’s Ramblings » Blog Archive » links for 2008-05-07 http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32977 Doug’s Ramblings » Blog Archive » links for 2008-05-07 Wed, 07 May 2008 23:44:14 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-32977 [...] My little Asus Eee PC - blog - James Cridland yeah, great - has anyone heard of corporate security policy? [...] [...] My little Asus Eee PC – blog – James Cridland yeah, great – has anyone heard of corporate security policy? [...]

]]> By: dave http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32973 dave Wed, 07 May 2008 09:40:53 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-32973 Have you actually measured any performance gain with the CPU scaling enabled? I ask because I believe with the latest Linux kernels it's potentially counter productive. Basically it's better for the batter if the laptop finishes what it's doing as fast as possible then 'sleeps' for as long as possible, rather than bouncing back and forth between active and passive states. The intel guys call it the race to idle: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/applications-power-management/race-to-idle.php You might want to run through the suggestions they have for monitoring and saving power and see why Ubuntu is using more battery power. http://www.lesswatts.org/ Have you actually measured any performance gain with the CPU scaling enabled? I ask because I believe with the latest Linux kernels it’s potentially counter productive. Basically it’s better for the batter if the laptop finishes what it’s doing as fast as possible then ‘sleeps’ for as long as possible, rather than bouncing back and forth between active and passive states.

The intel guys call it the race to idle: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/applications-power-management/race-to-idle.php

You might want to run through the suggestions they have for monitoring and saving power and see why Ubuntu is using more battery power.

http://www.lesswatts.org/

]]> By: Interesting Stuff 07.05.08 | Dom.ir Blog http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32972 Interesting Stuff 07.05.08 | Dom.ir Blog Wed, 07 May 2008 08:37:07 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-32972 [...] Erik Huggers seems interested in James Cridland's Eee. [...] [...] Erik Huggers seems interested in James Cridland’s Eee. [...]

]]> By: Dan Taylor http://james.cridland.net/blog/my-little-asus-eee-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32934 Dan Taylor Sun, 04 May 2008 09:57:22 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/?p=599#comment-32934 Just downloaded Tiddlywiki. Thanks for not naming and shaming me as the MBA/TextEdit note-taker :) Just downloaded Tiddlywiki. Thanks for not naming and shaming me as the MBA/TextEdit note-taker :)

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